More than 360 rounds were fired from across the border. The helicopter was forced to abort the landing and return to base. On 19 July 1991, the crew of a Wessex successfully dodged a surface-to-air missile at Kinawley, County Fermanagh. On 15 March 1992, a Provisional IRA unit fired more than 1,000 rounds at two helicopters from across the border near Roslea, County Fermanagh. In 1993, two helicopters were fired at in different circumstances, one of them with heavy machine guns on 8 January at Kinawley after a mortar attack on a British Army outpost, and the other with automatic rifles on 12 December near Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, after an ambush where two RUC officers from Clogher barracks were killed. See also 1978 British Army Gazelle downing 1988 British Army Lynx shootdown 1994 British Army Lynx shootdown Battle of Newry Road Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1990–99) List of attacks on British aircraft during The Troubles Notes External links Contemporary RTÉ News report on incident 1990 in Northern Ireland Provisional Irish Republican Army actions The Troubles in County Tyrone Military history of County Tyrone Aviation accidents and incidents in 1990 Accidents and incidents involving helicopters Aviation safety in the United Kingdom 20th-century aircraft shootdown incidents Army Air Corps (United Kingdom) British Army in Operation Banner Battles and conflicts without fatalities Aviation accidents and incidents in Northern Ireland Military actions and engagements during the Troubles (Northern Ireland) February 1990 events in Europe 1990 in military history Conflicts in 1990