F8 & Two "Friends?"

262crew · **Joined:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 877

From an email I received today. Have you seen this before? I haven't.

I have more, if your interested?

Shay · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:12 pm

Sweet F-8 Love!!! Yes more please.

Migs with Stars & Bars?

Shay
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Semper Fortis

262crew · **Joined:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 877

jet1 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:54 pm

Shay wrote:

Sweet F-8 Love!!! Yes more please.

Migs with Stars & Bars?

Shay
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Semper Fortis

you thought area 51 was all about little silver men and flying saucers?

Owen Miller · **Joined:** Fri Aug 27, 2004 9:28 pm **Posts:** 614

Those were shot around Tonapah during the early
days of the MiG exploitation program. Those first
two MiGs were loaned to us by Israel. There is a
series of photos of pretty much everything in the
inventory at the time airborne with at least one of
the MiGs.

262crew · **Joined:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 877

John Dupre · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:09 pm

Are those the two Syrian Migs that got lost and landed at a civil airfield in Israel? Didn't the US also get the famous 007 Mig 21 that was flown by an enticed defector from Iraq? What happened to those three aircraft?

Owen Miller · **Joined:** Fri Aug 27, 2004 9:28 pm **Posts:** 614

Yup!

My understanding is they went back to Israel. As the
years went by we developed out own resources via
defection (Belinko) or third party access (Indonesia, etc)

The best referance on this I've read is "Red Eagles" by
Steve Davies. Everything in it I've been able to fact
check is "spot on".

Owen

ripcord · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:53 am

"Sweet F-8 Love" !! I'm stealing that quote.

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