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The Inside Story of Flying Against the Air Force's Secret Soviet Fighter Jets
Story by Kyle Mizokami • Yesterday 4:37 PM
 

During the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force acquired several Soviet MiG fighters for training purposes.
The fighters were not only used to study Soviet tech, but also to train American pilots against the real deal.

One former F-15 pilot describes his experience flying against MiG-21 and MiG-23 fighter jets over the Nevada desert.

The race for military supremacy during the Cold War took many unusual twists and turns, and one of the strangest was America's clandestine effort to acquire Soviet fighter jets.

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