U.S. jet on mission for NATO shot down over Bosnia 20 years ago this hour (June 2 1995)


Video: 'Situation Critical - S01E05 - Downed Pilot'

(Friday, June 2, 1995, 3:03 p.m. CEST; during Operation Deny Flight, part of the NATO intervention in Bosnia) — A U.S. Air Force F-16C was shot down today by a Bosnian Serb surface-to-air missile while on a NATO air patrol in northern Bosnia; the pilot, Capt. Scott F. O’Grady, was rescued by U.S. Marines six days later.