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==The Shootdown of KAL 007==
==The Shootdown of KAL 007==
On Sept. 1, 1983, [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]], carrying 269 passengeers and crew, including Cong. [[Larry McDonald]], was shot down by the Soviets just after it had entered international waters having crossed over Sakhalin Island. It was from Sakhalin's air bases of the Soviet Air Defence forces that the shootdown of KAL 007 was ordered and the missions to Moneron ordered.
On Sept. 1, 1983, [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]], carrying 269 passengers and crew, including Cong. [[Larry McDonald]], was shot down by the Soviets just after it had entered international waters having crossed over Sakhalin Island. It was from Sakhalin's air bases of the Soviet Air Defence forces that the shootdown of KAL 007 was ordered and the missions to Moneron ordered.
These airbases were Smirnykh, Dolinsk-Sokol, and Khomutovo.
These airbases were Smirnykh, Dolinsk-Sokol, and Khomutovo.
[[Image:Sukhoi15.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Sukhoi-15 TM interceptor]]
[[Image:Sukhoi15.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Sukhoi-15 TM interceptor]]