Wednesday, August 22, 2012

USAF MiGs

Here's a short but interesting piece from Aviation Week on the 1980s US Air Force program that flew a variety of Soviet MiG fighter aircraft (that had been obtained through a variety of means) both for performance evaluation and in an aggressor role against our aircraft. The money quote serves as the title:  "We didn’t know what 90 percent of the switches did"

Up top I've put up a picture I took of a Polish MiG-21 I used to see frequently on the flightline at Mojave Airport. Underneath is a Czech MiG-21 I saw last summer in Ontario, Oregon.


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  1. DarrellWednesday, 22 August, 2012

    Those who live in the Colorado Springs area are used to seeing various USAF aircraft flying over and around the Academy on home game football Saturdays. Some years ago I was watching the procession--A B52, among others, were orbiting the stadium. I spied a small red plane tailing the BUFF--it looked for all the world like an old MIG 15 or 17. Privately owned, I believe.

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