Lt. Brown was part of the (no longer secret) 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron. It was formed in 1979, during the Cold War. They were unique in that they were testing and evaluating Russian MIGs.
The first two MIGs were provided by Israel. From the ones they had captured from the Syrian and Iraqi Air Forces. They were kept at the Department of Energy's Tonopah Test Range.
Lt. Brown was Bandit 12 of Squadron FOUR (VX-4). He was killed while dogfighting a U.S. Navy F-5 near the Tonopah Test Range.
The first two MIGs were provided by Israel. From the ones they had captured from the Syrian and Iraqi Air Forces. They were kept at the Department of Energy's Tonopah Test Range.
Lt. Brown was Bandit 12 of Squadron FOUR (VX-4). He was killed while dogfighting a U.S. Navy F-5 near the Tonopah Test Range.
Lt. Brown was part of the (no longer secret) 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron. It was formed in 1979, during the Cold War. They were unique in that they were testing and evaluating Russian MIGs.
The first two MIGs were provided by Israel. From the ones they had captured from the Syrian and Iraqi Air Forces. They were kept at the Department of Energy's Tonopah Test Range.
Lt. Brown was Bandit 12 of Squadron FOUR (VX-4). He was killed while dogfighting a U.S. Navy F-5 near the Tonopah Test Range.
The first two MIGs were provided by Israel. From the ones they had captured from the Syrian and Iraqi Air Forces. They were kept at the Department of Energy's Tonopah Test Range.
Lt. Brown was Bandit 12 of Squadron FOUR (VX-4). He was killed while dogfighting a U.S. Navy F-5 near the Tonopah Test Range.
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