New Book from Osprey Publishing Osprey Publishing has just released a new edition of Red Eagles, America’s Secret
MiGs, by Steve Davies. After the publication of the first edition, several people who had been reluctant to speak with the author came forward. Their stories are included in this new edition along with recently declassified material. The book includes a foreword by General J. Juniper (ret.), Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, 2001-2005. From the mid-1960s until the end of the Cold War, the United States Air Force
acquired and flew Russian-made MiG jets, eventually creating a secret squadron dedicated to exposing American fighter pilots to enemy MiGs. Following underperformance in the Vietnam War, the USAF began to study MiGs in order to improve fighter pilot training. This then developed into the “black” Constant Peg program. In this program, MiGs were secretly acquired, and made airworthy, a difficult task without manuals or parts. A secret base was found to operate the planes from and then ace pilots were found and trained to not only fly the assets, but fly them as they were flown by America’s enemies. Finally, a program of exposing American fighter pilots to the MiGs was developed. In all, more than 1,600 American fighter pilots would train against America’s secret MiGs between 1974 and 1989.
Uncovering the story of the secret MiGs
in America during the Cold War, and specifically Constant Peg and the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron, is a challenge because much of the information has been destroyed, or remains classified. To piece together the story of this group of men, author Steve Davies has interviewed over thirty of the Red Eagle pilots, along with other members of the squadron. This edition includes new material on HAVE IDEA and other HAVE programs; making the MiGs airworthy in 1977 from the maintainers’ perspective; and intelligence activities of MiG expert, Mike Coyle, at the Foreign Technology Division. The result is a fascinating glimpse into a “black” program that enabled American fighter pilots to go into combat having already met and defeated their first MiG.
This 400-page hardcover book includes two 16-page color plates with pictures of the men and planes covered in the text. The price is $25.95 US / $30.00 Canada.
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