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From: lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Mig-29 lands in Turkey
Keywords: military intelligence
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Date: 1 Jun 89 03:09:09 GMT
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From: lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani)

A Mig-29 was flown to Turkey by a Soviet pilot seeking asylum.  This was
one of the Soviets domestic planes, not a stripped down export model.  The
US asked the Turkish gov't to let them inspect the plane but they refused.
They looked over the plane themselves and sent it back home.

Questions:

a) What if anything has been found out about the plane?  Or is no one
   talking about it.
   
b) What role does the Mig-29 have?  I recall the Mig-25 flown into Japan
   a few years ago is an air defense interceptor.

c) What happened to the pilot?  The Soviets accused him of assorted crimes
   and demanded he be sent back to stand trial [a fair one I'm sure - ha].
-- 
Larry Cipriani, att!cbnews!lvc or lvc@cbnews.att.com