"Aerophotos" wrote

Anyone got info on what the Red Hats Sqn flying foreign Migs were doing
at Groom lake aka Area 51 in the early-late 70s?

Never heard of the Red Hats, but the only Mig aircraft in the early 70's
would have been crap collectors items for defensive/spoofing electronic
sensor design. Now the Mig 23's that came later, *that* was some great
aircraft. I liked the fact how the 23 was built to NATO specs as far as
ground AGE was concerned! The 23's were the first aircraft out of
Groom that operated in a four-ship package, and scared the hell out of
just about everyone on the ranges. I have a picture of two 23's on the
port wing of an RC-135 over St. George, Utah giving us the bird.