Constant Peg / 4477th 'Red Eagles' (MiG training, 1977-1988).

documentedmilitary_installationForeign Technology Division

The 4477th TES ('Red Eagles', stood up 1977 at Tonopah Test Range) flew acquired MiG-17/-21/-23 (peak 27 airframes, >15,000 sorties) to TRAIN frontline US pilots; program acknowledged Nov 2006.

The TRAINING arm of the FME apparatus — documented, at Tonopah, on real Soviet aircraft. Part of the full acquire->exploit->train pipeline that makes the FME prior so strong.

Connected entities

Foreign Materiel Exploitation (FME) apparatus.Tonopah Test Range (TTR).

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