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USAF admits the employment of the Soviet Fighters

Washington, USA - Program called "Constant Peg"

After decades of secrecy, the Air Force today acknowledged that it flew Communist-built fighters at the Tonopah Test Range North-West of Las Vegas. From 1977 through 1988, the program, known as Constant Peg, saw U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine aircrews flying against Soviet-designed MiG fighters as part of a training program where American pilots could better learn how to defeat or evade the communist...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 69141
Rome, Italy, 11/14/2006 15:38
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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