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F-5E vs MiG-21: Battle for Dire Dawa (Ogaden War 1977)
In July 1977. a war between Ethiopia and Somalia broke out over the province of Ogaden. This part of internationally ...
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Downed in enemy territory, this American pilot refused to be captured
Robert Lodge chose death over the prospect of giving up information to enemy forces. (U.S. Air Force) Maj. Robert Alfred ...
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Echoes of a Forgotten War: The 1969 Shootdown of Deep Sea 129 and the Legacy of U.S.-North Korea Hostilities
On April 15, 1969, a United States Navy EC-121M reconnaissance aircraft codenamed “Deep Sea 129” was shot out of the sky by a ...
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MiG-21 vs F-104 Starfighter: The Final Clash, Indo-Pakistani War 1971
between India and Pakistan brought the expected clash between two iconic Cold War era fighters - F-104 Starfighter and MIG-21. The latter ... and they could only fly in Pakistani airspace.
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The Jet that Shocked the West
Flying the Korean MiG would fully reveal what ... The Finnish air force bought MiG‑21 fighters from the Soviet Union in 1962, and also acquired four MiG‑15 trainers to acquaint pilots with ...
‘Not valour; it is state-sanctioned violence against our own’: Mother of IAF pilot killed in 2001 MiG-21 crash on recent Jaguar tragedy
Taking to Facebook after the April 2 fighter jet crash that killed Flt Lt Siddharth Yadav, Kavitha Gadgil recounted how her ...
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North Korea's Fighter Fleet Is Full Of Decrepit Russian MiG 21s
Even Grandpa's Buick is probably in better order than the DPRK's fleet of approximately 150 or so MiG 21 flying jalopies — the country's most numerous fighter jet.