scott speicher
Michael Scott Speicher (July 12, 1957′ January 17, 1991) was a United States Navy pilot who was shot down during the Gulf War. [1]
WASHINGTON - Nearly a year after the fall of Baghdad, the Navy has yet to find evidence to change its position that F-18 fighter pilot Michael Scott Speicher, shot down on the opening night of the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites), was at one time in Iraqi captivity, the Navy’s top admiral said Tuesday. [2]
On Sunday, August 2nd 2009, one chapter in the First Gulf War of 1991 was brought to a close as the Military released the statement that a body found in the Anbar Province of Iraq, by Al Asad Air Base, was positively identified as those of Captain Michael Scott Speicher. [3]
As a hearse carried the remains of Navy aviator Michael Scott Speicher through the streets of Jacksonville Friday, thousands of people lined the roadways to pay their respects to Speicher as he returned home 18 years after his F/A 18 was shot down on the first night of the first Gulf War. [4]
Captain Speicher was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet over west-central Iraq on January 17th, 1991 during Operation Desert Storm. [5]
At the time of his deployment to the Iraq theater, Scott and Joanne had a 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son. [1]
Iraq (news - web sites) has maintained all along that Speicher was killed in the crash. [2]
How a Navy pilot wound up listed as killed in action during the Gulf War and why he may still be alive. [...] In the minutes leading up to the shoot down, other pilots in the strike group, perhaps Speicher himself, obtained radar contact on an Iraqi fighter closing the group. [6]
The family can rest knowing that his body has been found and he will be returned to the United States for a proper burial. [3]
Funeral arrangement have been finalized for Captain Scott Speicher, the local navy pilot who’s body had been missing since the start of the first Iraq War, 18 years ago. [7]
Saddam’s government had always insisted that Speicher died in the Jan. 17, 1991, crash. [...] Michael Scott Speicher was declared killed in action hours after his plane went down. [8]
His fellow pilots didn’t want to believe that Scott Speicher had been killed over Iraq, but the American government made a quick judgment that sealed his fate. [9]
Michael Scott Speicher, were brought to Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville after being found in Iraq after 18 years. [7]
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[1] Scott Speicher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] Scott Speicher
[3] Scott Speicher
[4] Tampa man recalls his friend Scott Speicher
[5] Michael Scott Speicher, Captain, United States Navy
[6] Cmdr. Robert E. Stumpf on Scott Speicher & Iraq on National …
[7] Bio, Speicher, Michael S.
[8] Tribute to LCDR Michael Speicher, USN POW/MIA
[9] AII POW-MIA - Michael Scott Speicher