A Soviet Su-15 interceptor shoots down a Boeing 747 Korean airliner with 269 people aboard near Sakhalin Island, north of Japan. Three USAF HC-130 aircraft from the 33rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Kadena AB, Japan, participate in the subsequent search but found no survivors.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
