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By Steve Davies
From the overdue Nineteen Sixties until eventually the top of the chilly conflict, the USA Air strength obtained and flew Russian-made MiG jets, culminating in a mystery squadron devoted to exposing American fighter pilots to enemy expertise and tactics.
Red Eagles tells the tale of this squadron from the 1st exams of MiGs following the Vietnam warfare while the USAF were woefully under-prepared in aerial wrestle. those preliminary flights may become the "black" or categorised application recognized internally as consistent Peg.
At a mystery air base in Nevada, ace American fighter pilots have been provided with a number of differnet MiG jets with an easy remit: to reveal "the threat" to as a lot of their brethern as attainable. protecting and flying those "assets" with out with out spare components or manuals was once a virtually very unlikely job, placing these flying the MiGs in mortal chance on each flight.
Despite those demanding situations, in all greater than 5,900 American aircrews may teach opposed to America's mystery MiGs, giving them the eskills they had to face the enemy in genuine wrestle situations.
For the 1st time, this booklet tells the tale of continuing Peg and the 4477th crimson Eagles Squadron within the phrases of the boys who made it attainable.
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After the battle, Croesus sent messengers to consult the Greek oracle at Delphi. The oracle said a great empire was to fall, and Croesus arrogantly assumed that the Persian Empire was headed for destruction. He began meticulous preparations for war, but while he was still about them the supposedly doomed Cyrus invaded Lydia, captured Sardis, the capital, and annexed the country. Persia set up several provinces in the conquered areas of Asia Minor, including one named Phrygia. In the past two centuries archaeological excavations have been made in this former Persian province, and have yielded ample evidence of the quondam glory of Lydia and Phrygia.
This rolling and fertile area was the path taken by barbarian tribes who came from the north, some of whom certainly contributed to the downfall of the Hittite kingdom. About 800BC, a people called the Phrygians set up their kingdom in Anatolia, which later became the Lydian kingdom. The country was rich, and the inhabitants made good use of its gifts, including minerals. Electrum, an alloy of gold and silver, was known to the Lydians, who found it in the river Pactolus, and used this 'white gold' to make the first coins we know of.
Each squadron of the Companions was recruited from its county and bore its name, and probably had its distinctive colours too. Equipment and weaponry did not differ much from the Greek, but the helmet was distinctly Macedonian. Later, during campaigns lasting several years, lost equipment was made good in various ways, and the appearance of the men became Hellenic. Alexander himself had his helmet damaged by an axe blow from a Persian rider at the Battle of Granicus, and replaced it with a Boeotian helmet.