Documents released Tuesday show the United States secretly acquired a Soviet MiG-21 jet fighter from Israel and tested it at the infamous Area 51 in the Nevada desert back in 1968.
By Amanda Holpuch
The US government “secretly acquired” Soviet aircraft during the Cold War and tested them at Area 51, according to documents released Tuesday that shed light on the once-classified and long speculated base deep in the Nevada desert.
One of those programs was the government’s investigation of the multiple Soviet MiG fighter planes it “secretly acquired” during the Cold War. The first documented acquisition was the MiG-21, originally obtained by Israel in August 1966.
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