Scott O'Grady

Scott O'Grady was born October 12, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA. He is best known as a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot. On June 2, 1995, he was shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina by a mobile SAM launcher and forced to eject from his F-16C during Operation Deny Flight. This incident occurred over hostile territory while enforcing a NATO-sponsored No-fly zone during the Bosnian War. The downing and recovery of Brady's downed F-16 were well propagandized by the Bosnian military. After nearly a week of successfully evading capture by the Bosnian Serbs, Grady was recovered by a combined US Navy-Marines rescue operation.