The ISR Flight path and grid plots for the RQ-4A shot down by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. “This was an unprovoked attack on a U.S. surveillance asset that had not violated Iranian airspace at any time …” – Lt Gen Joseph Guastella, @USAFCENT <br><p>Updated: Offering this to clarify our previous post. The legend of the graphic has been changed to reflect that the yellow line is the flight path of the U.S. Navy RQ-4A shot down June 20, 2019.<br><i>Top right of the map is a surveillance infra-red photo of an apparent explosion taken at 19JUN2019 23:39:26, giving coordinates of ACFT <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:CENTCOM_RQ-4A_Flight_Path_map.jpg&amp;params=25_57_27_N_56_52_39_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°57′27″N</span> <span class="longitude">56°52′39″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">﻿ / ﻿</span></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:CENTCOM_RQ-4A_Flight_Path_map.jpg&amp;params=25_57_27_N_56_52_39_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.9575°N 56.8775°E</span><span style="display:none">﻿ / <span class="geo">25.9575; 56.8775</span></span></span></a> at 22909 feet and TGT (unclear) <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:CENTCOM_RQ-4A_Flight_Path_map.jpg&amp;params=25_57_42_N_56_58_22_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°57′42″N</span> <span class="longitude">56°58′22″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">﻿ / ﻿</span></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:CENTCOM_RQ-4A_Flight_Path_map.jpg&amp;params=25_57_42_N_56_58_22_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.96167°N 56.97278°E</span><span style="display:none">﻿ / <span class="geo">25.96167; 56.97278</span></span></span></a> or <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:CENTCOM_RQ-4A_Flight_Path_map.jpg&amp;params=25_57_42_N_56_50_22_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°57′42″N</span> <span class="longitude">56°50′22″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">﻿ / ﻿</span></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:CENTCOM_RQ-4A_Flight_Path_map.jpg&amp;params=25_57_42_N_56_50_22_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.96167°N 56.83944°E</span><span style="display:none">﻿ / <span class="geo">25.96167; 56.83944</span></span></span></a><br></i>
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Note: later the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/politics/trump-iran-attack.html">New Your Times commented</a> on this image: "The images offered little context and initially included an incorrect description of the drone’s flight path" and "a senior Trump administration official said there was concern inside the United States government about whether the drone ... actually did violate Iranian airspace at some point." It also stated a Navy P-8A Poseidon took the photo of the drone being shot down.<i></i>
U.S. Central Command, U.S. DoD
2019-06-21
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