First Time U.S. Military Made Air to Air Downing Since 1999: Lt Cmdr Michael Tremel
Lt Cmdr Michael Tremel of the Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-87 ‘Golden Warriors’ made the first US air-to-air downing since a USAF F-16 shot down a Serbian MiG-29 in 1999, during the Kosovo campaign, Save the Royal Navy reported. He spoke with media aboard the George HW Bush in 2017 shortly after the downing, including the …

