Iraq attacked the USS Stark a year before. They used a business jet with an Exocet missile attached to it. This was by mistake but it still happened. A single

Iraq attacked the USS Stark a year before. They used a business jet with an Exocet missile attached to it. This was by mistake but it still happened. A single plane shooting down a ship is not unheard of but the US has done it in pairs to the whole Iran navy.