09-M-0317_Attack_on_the_USS_Stark_17_May_1987-Joint_Investigation_Group.pdf

( ClmFIBSNTIM:- TERMS OF REFERENCE DECLASSifiED FEB 0 3 2009 Authori!Y: EO 12958 as amended Chief, Records & Declass Dlv, WHS JOINT INVESTIGATION GROUP (U) 1. (U) INTRODUCTION. On 17 May 1987, a US Navy Guided Missile Frigate, the USS STARK, (FFG-31), on routine patrol in the Persian Gulf, was apparently attacked by one or more missiles fired from an aircraft, believed to be an Iraqi Mirage F-1...