I was a DOD contractor at the time
and spent time on this ship along with ships with the same class.
My memory was that an operator thought a Iranian military jet had shadow the airline, then became exposed.
It was operator error in his report of an hostile when it was actually a friendly. I actually work on the software he was using to track friendlies and hostiles. It was not a software bug (:>).
Now, I do know the Captain had been accused of aggressiveness so he could show off the new tools the USS Vincennes had.
IMHO, I think the Captain was somewhat responsible, but ultimately the operator made a mistake. [Post edited by VaTechie at 01/09/2020 1:16PM]
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Posted: 01/09/2020 at 1:15PM