US Pilots Practiced Against MiGs
Beijing: A news conference held Thursday at the National Museum of the United States Air Force revealed a long-kept secret: thousands of U.S. military pilots gained an aerial-combat edge by practicing dogfighting against Soviet-designed MiG fighters.
A secret program code-named Constant Peg after a general’s call sign and a commander’s wife, enabled about 6,800 pilots to test their skills against the Soviet Union’s most famous fighter planes, highly respected for speed and agility. Several other countries have produced their own versions.
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November 29, 2006 at 5:31 am