Salute!
Thanks, TEEEEJ, I had confused Scott's shootdown with Goldein's and flata$$$ blew my memory of the 117. And TNX, B Word for clearing up the dates.
Gen Goldfein was indeed shot down in 1999 and like the Nighthawk, by a modified SA-3 system and really good operators.
I never saw a SA-3 at Red Flag, but they still had SA-6 threat sites, as I described. During Linebacker there was concern that the Vee were fielding the SA-3 and we saw strong india band strobes on our RHAW gear, but no missiles. The theory that developed postulated they were trying to use the india band for defeating our jammers and chaff corridors. Saw some SA-2 missiles, but we defeated them.
Gums sends...