column5 62 Posted September 10, 2008 New book coming out: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1846033780 Looks great. Covers the USAF's secret squadron that evaluated Soviet aircraft we acquired and apparently even flew them as adversaries to help train our front-line pilots. Got mine pre-ordered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silverbolt 104 Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) New book coming out: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1846033780 Looks great. Covers the USAF's secret squadron that evaluated Soviet aircraft we acquired and apparently even flew them as adversaries to help train our front-line pilots. Got mine pre-ordered. cool while ago i posted one article about it(the secret squadrom) i hear rummors there 3 Su-27s in american soil being tested for this squadroms, i'd like to know if this info appear in "red eagles"..... recentrly i brought clashes:air combats over north vietnam 1965-1972 and still reading this one hehe whata shame for usaf, if you face-off with USN. Edited September 10, 2008 by Silverbolt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted September 10, 2008 "apparently" ? that was a cool program. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DWCAce 19 Posted September 10, 2008 Hmm, Constant Peg & Have Doughnut.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Jimbib 728 Posted September 11, 2008 (edited) New book coming out: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1846033780 Looks great. Covers the USAF's secret squadron that evaluated Soviet aircraft we acquired and apparently even flew them as adversaries to help train our front-line pilots. Got mine pre-ordered. It looks like a good book indeed. I've been following the progress over at http://www.fjphotography.com/constantpeg/index.htm which is Steve Davies' site. There's a good load of pics over there and a decent forum with even a few bods who used to work on the program. A few of interesting tidbits about Soviet aircraft in the US... Evaluation of MiG-21 by USAF http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=reVZ9aPYi9A This site has some possible evidence of flankers at Groom... http://lazygranch.com/groom_lake_birds.htm This video shows the same thing, but the bird(s) in action... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3l08tgVSjIU A few interesting things can be seen on flightaware too, every now and again. Edited September 11, 2008 by JimmyBib Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted September 11, 2008 Hmm, Constant Peg & Have Doughnut.. You forgot that led to the "Need Coffee" program. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
