Scott Francis O’Grady is a former United States Air Force fighter pilot. On June 2, 1995, he was shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina by an 2K12 Kub mobile SAM launcher and forced to eject from his F-16C into hostile territory. He was previously involved in the Banja Luka incident where he fired upon six enemy aircraft. He announced a run for the 2012 Republican nomination for Texas State Senate District 8, held at the time by the retiring Republican Florence Shapiro. He later suspended his campaign because of uncertainties over the Texas redistricting fight.
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Scott Francis O’Grady is a former United States Air Force fighter pilot. On June 2, 1995, he was shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina by an 2K12 Kub mobile SAM launcher and forced to eject from his F-16C into hostile territory. The 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines is loosely based upon his experiences. He was previously involved in the Banja Luka incident where he fired upon six enemy aircraft. He announced a run for the 2012 Republican nomination for Texas State Senate District 8, held at the time by the retiring Republican Florence Shapiro, but he later suspended his campaign because of uncertainties over the Texas redistricting fight. In November 2020, President Donald Trump stated an official intention to nominate O’grady to as the next Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. O’ grady has spread numerous conspiracy theories and falsehoods regarding the 2020 United States presidential election, and calls by Michael Flynn for Trump to institute martial law. The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place between April 1992 and December 1995. NATO military involvement primarily involved enforcement of a No-fly zone codenamed Operation Deny Flight to discourage Bosnian Serb military aircraft from attacking Bosniak and Croat forces.
The Serbs had moved the mobile tracked missile battery and laid a trap. They waited until a plane was directly overhead, where the aircraft’s warning and countermeasures would be at their weakest, they fired two missiles. The first missile exploded between the two aircraft, The second struck the F- 16 piloted by O’Grady. His flight lead, Captain Robert Gordon \”Wilbur\” Wright, saw O’ Grady’s plane burst into flames and break in two. O Grady survived by ejecting from the aircraft. O Grady radioed for help immediately but had to remain quiet with paramilitaries coming within feet of him; he used the radio following standard operating procedures as the U.S. Air Force had taught him so not to give away his position to unfriendly forces. This extremely sensitive information was inadvertently revealed by General Ronald Fogleman the Air Force Chief of Staff. A NATO official was quoted as saying that he said that he was dumbfounded, and that he thought he was kicking the bad guys, and we hope we find him before midnight on June 8, after his identity was set in motion in a motion set by the 510th and 510th F/A-18 squadrons. The 510th responded, confirming his identity, and after his rescue, set the motion in motion for his rescue.
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