{"id":468,"date":"2015-02-25T00:04:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T00:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=468"},"modified":"2015-03-04T18:01:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T18:01:48","slug":"coalition-jets-shoot-down-iranian-drone-over-iraq-032009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/coalition-jets-shoot-down-iranian-drone-over-iraq-032009\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition Jets Shoot Down Iranian Drone Over Iraq (03\/2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Department of Defense, published on March 16, 2009:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Coalition jet fighters shot down an Iranian drone that was hovering over Iraq late last month, Multinational Force Iraq officials confirmed today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred Feb. 25, about 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, officials said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Two coalition aircraft were directed to visually identify the unmanned aerial vehicle after it was detected hovering inside the Iraqi border. The pilots confirmed that it wasn\u2019t a coalition aircraft and that no collateral damage would result from a shoot-down.<\/p>\n<p>Coalition air forces tracked the UAV for nearly one hour and 10 minutes before the pilots engaged and shot it down &#8220;well inside Iraqi airspace,&#8221; officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said they believe the drone to be an Iranian-made Ababil 3 model UAV.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and military leaders have long accused Iran of interference in Iraq. Iran poses \u201ca real problem,\u201d Gates said on PBS\u2019 \u201cTavis Smiley Show\u201d March 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s one of the significant challenges that we\u2019re going to face over the next several years,\u201d he said. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=53495\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/defenseissues\/irandroneshootdown2009dod.pdf\">Documents from the DOD Regarding the Incident<\/a> [11 Pages, 2.13MB]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/defenseissues\/irandroneshootdown2009dod.pdf\">https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/defenseissues\/irandroneshootdown2009dod.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Department of Defense, published on March 16, 2009: Coalition jet fighters shot down an Iranian drone that was hovering over Iraq late last month, Multinational Force Iraq officials confirmed today. &nbsp; The incident occurred Feb. 25, about 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, officials said in a statement. 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