The night of May 2,1999, Lt. Col. David L. Goldfein was flying an F-16 over Serbia, searching for surface-to-air-missile sites to attack when a SAM battery found him instead. Goldfein saw two missiles streaking across the sky toward him at his 11 o'clock. However, he told ABC's "Night-line" in April 2000, "the one I didn't see is the one that got me." The unseen S A-3 Goa missile hit Hammer 34, and after a long struggle to restart the engine and a quick call for rescue, Goldfein punched out. He survived the ejection in relatively good shape, got a good 'chute, and landed safely. Goldfein then hid in a ravine, confident that his fellow airmen would quickly recover him.
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