From lightnings to MiGs
Peart, Russ2021
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It was supposed to be just a training flight. The two Soviet-manufactured MiG 21s, each with two practice bombs and four air-to-ground rockets, were lined up on the runway in Bangladesh at the height of the Cold War, when air traffic control suddenly reported an incursion by Indian Air Force Jaguars. Though ill-equipped for combat, the two MiGs were scrambled. One of the MiGs' pilots was an RAF officer - Squadron Leader Russell Peart. On a seven-month loan to the Bangladeshi Air Force, Peart suddenly found himself at the centre of the simmering hostility between two neighbouring nations. By the time they reached the area that had been threatened by the Indian pilots, the Jaguars had gone.
Main title:
From lightnings to MiGs / Russ Peart.
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Imprint:
Barnsley : Air World, 2021.
Collation:
272 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399007474 (hbk)
Dewey class:
B PEAB/PEA
Language:
English
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BRN:
3171730
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