Originally Posted by petitfromage
Whilst the USAF did get a kill on a Mil-8 with a LGB in GW1, they also V.ID'd a pair of US Army Blackhawks as Russian Hinds and shot them down in Afganistan (circa 1990).
I think you're referring to N.Iraq in '94.
Not to defend the F15 guys, but those Blackhawks were fitted with the EISS external stores & tanks that have anhedral pylons AND were painted white instead of the typical camo-green...