US Air Force spoke about training their pilots on the MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23

Starting from 1978 and 1988, the US 4477 Squadron ("Red Eagles") of the US Air Force was engaged in familiarizing American pilots with the capabilities of the Soviet MiG-17, MiG-21 and MiG-23 fighters. Approximately 15 thousands of sorties were flown. As reported on the Facebook page of the Nellis airbase (Nevada), the fighters were piloted by almost 6 thousands of pilots. The message is a documentary video.

Air Force, Navy and USMC pilots were trained by Constant Peg (a unit of the Red Eagles). The task was to learn how to fly a real Soviet aircraft in a real battle. This information, provided by the chief of Constant Peg in 1979-1980, Earl Henderson, is quoted by The National Interest.

The documentary film states that the Soviet aircraft themselves and their individual elements were delivered to the United States from Vietnam, Israel, and Afghanistan.

According to the American magazine, the work of "Constant Peg" had a positive impact on the development of technology. According to John Manclark, the head of Constant Peg, the CIA provided for the study an automatic, with the help of which the dipole reflectors and infrared traps, which were in the Su-25, were dropped. This attack aircraft was shot down in Afghanistan. American repairmen worked with him, and the machine gun was installed on the MiG-21. Munclark clarifies that later the Americans were able to create an improved seeker for the AIM-9 Sidewinder guided missile.

In April last year, a publication appeared in "Task & Purpose" from which it followed that the Americans had managed to ensure stealth of the fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II multifunctional fighter-bombers using "Russian DNA."