In the early months of modern Ufology, a pair of Air National Guard F-51 Mustangs engaged UFOs in two separate incidents that became known as “The Mantell Incident” and “The Gorman Dogfight”. Tragically, one of these turned deadly.
How the USSR captured American aircraft
An air-to-air left front view of an F-111 aircraft during a refueling mission over the North Sea. Public Domain In order to seize U.S. fighter jets, the Soviets often came up with some elaborate and ingenious schemes. Although, sometimes, they also resorted to down-to-earth bribery.
The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union became a golden era for military aviation. Fighters and bombers supplied by the two superpowers to the warring sides in numerous proxy conflicts around the world played no small part in their outcome.
Often, the result of not just an air battle, but of a local war as a whole, depended on whose planes had better speed, manoeuvrability and resilience. Which made it all the more important to capture the enemy’s aircraft and study it in every detail.
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