American MiG-21 and MiG-17 Flying Over Area 51 - The Story of Have Doughnut and Have Drill

This is the story of Have Doughnut and Have Drill - Two little known operations of immense importance in American history. These two operations involved capturing two fully intact and flyable MiGs - one being a MiG-21 and the other a MiG-17, with intense testing that followed. In short, it revolutionized the way we fought in the jet age and in the skies over Vietnam, and directly led to the TOPGUN program of the U.S. Navy. These missions were declassified in 2013 - nearly half a century after the operations commenced. Please subscribe if you’d like more history and/or would like to support my channel. Thank you.
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