- How the top-secret unit came to be is so outlandish that it sounds like fiction, but as this first-hand account details, it was anything but.
"We have reported in the past on the incredible story of America's secret Red Eagles MiG aggressor squadron from the Cold War period and even on the shadowy descendants of that program, but the presentation below, given by the man who founded and commanded the top-secret unit, Colonel Gail Peck, is an absolute must-watch.
The talk happened on June 23rd, 2019, at the Museum Of Flight in Seattle.
...The story of the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron that came out of Constant Peg is as much one about the birth of a clandestine air base as it is about the squadron itself.
In fact, the secret MiG aggressor squadron was directly intertwined with the genesis of the F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack jet program.
...Here is the presentation in full:
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