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Re: We had MiGs, did the Soviets have F4s?

Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:37 pm

this thread only scratches the surface to u.s. black ops.

Re: We had MiGs, did the Soviets have F4s?

Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:46 pm

tom d. friedman wrote:this thread only scratches the surface to u.s. black ops.


You know reviewing this thread I recall a conversation with a now deceased gentleman who told me he once saw either a Tu 16 Badger or Tu 95 Bear (I can't remember which.) in a hangar on a US base. He was working for a government contractor at the time and was a long time pilot and enthusiast and would have recognized such a distinctive design.

Re: We had MiGs, did the Soviets have F4s?

Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:31 pm

John Dupre wrote:
tom d. friedman wrote:this thread only scratches the surface to u.s. black ops.


You know reviewing this thread I recall a conversation with a now deceased gentleman who told me he once saw either a Tu 16 Badger or Tu 95 Bear (I can't remember which.) in a hangar on a US base. He was working for a government contractor at the time and was a long time pilot and enthusiast and would have recognized such a distinctive design.


Quite a few "Client States" had Tu-16's. It isn't a huge surprise that one of them escaped from behind the iron curtain. I'm not sure what a B-47 equivalent airframe would have told us. I bet we were a lot more interested in the electronics.

Re: We had MiGs, did the Soviets have F4s?

Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:59 pm

And/or mis-identification of aTu-114 airliner.
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