1991 -- Iraqi forces shoot down a U.S. Army Bell OH - 58 Kiowa helicopter as it returns from a border reconnaissance mission .
U.S. military forces lose three other helicopters and an F - 16 fighter in non-combat crashes .
1991 -- Iraqi forces shoot down a U.S. Army Bell OH - 58 Kiowa helicopter as it returns from a border reconnaissance mission , and U.S. military forces lose three other helicopters and an F - 16 fighter in non-combat crashes .