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Scott O' Grady
October 12, 1965-

Scott O'Grady (center) at a press conference after the Mrkonjić Grad incident. The Mrkonjić Grad incident was the destruction of a United States Air Force (USAF F-16 by a Bosnian Serb Army SA-6 Surface-to-air missile
Nickname Zulu — call sign: Basher 52
Place of birth Brooklyn, New York
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Air Force
Years of service 1989-2001
Rank Captain
Unit 555th Fighter Squadron,
31st Fighter Wing
Battles/wars Operation Deny Flight
Relations Scott has one brother, one sister, and his parents are divorced. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The 31st Fighter Wing ( 31 FW) is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Aviano Air Base in Italy. Operation Deny Flight was NATO 's enforcement of the Bosnian No-fly zone which began April 12, 1993 and ended December 20, 1995
Other work author:Return With Honor, speaker

Scott F. O'Grady (born October 12, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former United States Air Force captain who gained prominence after the Mrkonjić Grad incident, in which he ejected over Bosnia when his F-16C 89-2032/AV was shot down by a Bosnian Serb SA-6 on June 2, 1995 while patrolling the no-fly zone. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Mrkonjić Grad incident was the destruction of a United States Air Force (USAF F-16 by a Bosnian Serb Army SA-6 Surface-to-air missile Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan A no-fly zone is a territory over which Aircraft are not permitted to fly

The incident occurred near Mrkonjić Grad in Serb-held territory. Mrkonjić Grad ( Cyrillic: Мркоњић Град is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska entity Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, He survived for six days eating little, avoiding Serb patrols and trying to contact Magic, NATO's airborne command center. He evaded capture and was rescued six days later, on 8 June, by U.S. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit based on the USS Kearsarge. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU is one of seven Marine Expeditionary Units currently in existence in the United States Marine Corps. Awards USS Kearsarge has been awarded the Golden Anchor for Retention Excellence Ronald Reagan Distinguished Service Award the CNO Environmental Safety Award the Admiral

Their mission, known as a TRAP (Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel), was something they all had trained for and conducted many times as training exercises prior to the actual mission. Their parent unit, the 24th MEU-SOC, was actually the "standby" unit that was slated to go only after the primary unit in Italy waived off the mission and insisted on another day of prep. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

The film Behind Enemy Lines is loosely based on his story. Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 thriller War film directed by John Moore and starring Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson He sued the movie company in 2002 for making the film without his permission.

O'Grady penned two books along with Michael French and Jeff Coplon detailing his experiences of being shot down over Bosnia and his eventual rescue — Return with Honor and Basher Five-Two.

O'Grady is a former cadet in the Civil Air Patrol and a 1989 Air Force ROTC graduate from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The Civil Air Patrol ( CAP) is the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps ( AFROTC) is one of the three commissioning sources for officers in the United States Air Force, the other Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ( ERAU) is a private, Coeducational University with a history dating from the early days of aviation Three years after he was rescued, O'Grady left active duty in the U. S. Air Force. In May 2007, he completed a master's degree in biblical studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. Biblical studies is the academic study of the Judeo-Christian Bible and related texts Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS is an evangelical theological Seminary located in Dallas Texas and the North American institution for popularizing

The incident was later depicted on the documentary television program Situation Critical. Situation Critical (also known as Critical Situation) is a documentary Television program.

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NAME O'Grady, Scott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION former United States Air Force captain who gained prominence after the Mrkonjić Grad incident
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
The Mrkonjić Grad incident was the destruction of a United States Air Force (USAF F-16 by a Bosnian Serb Army SA-6 Surface-to-air missile Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City.
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