No. The shootdown of KAL 007 took place at night. There was no possible way to identify the aircraft other than via the lights coming out of the windows. A mili

No. The shootdown of KAL 007 took place at night. There was no possible way to identify the aircraft other than via the lights coming out of the windows. A militarized 747 is called an E-4[0]. A militarized 707 is variously called an E-3 (some are AWACS) [1], KC-135 (a now-retired refueling aircraft) [2], or an EC-135 (electronic warfare equipped 707) [3]. The wikipedia page for the shootdown incident [4] lists the time as 1349 GMT. Most readers will go "they shot it down just before 2PM" instead of realizing that the location was 12 hours ahead of GMT. During the time of the USSR, Vladivostok used Moscow time, even though they are 11 timezones ahead. 0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-4 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker 3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_EC-135 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_EC-135 4 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007