In the [[KAL 007]] shootdown, it was not a failure of rules of engagement that led to the destruction of the civilian airliner; rather, it was a direct order from a land base to the Soviet fighter pilot. | In the [[KAL 007]] shootdown, it was not a failure of rules of engagement that led to the destruction of the civilian airliner; rather, it was a direct order from a land base to the Soviet fighter pilot. |