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Operation Diamond [1] (Hebrew: מִבְצָע יַהֲלוֹם, Mivtza Yahalom) was an operation undertaken by Mossad. Its goal was the acquisition of a Soviet -built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 , the most advanced Soviet fighter plane at that time.
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Redfa's MiG-21, the subject of Operation Diamond, at the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim. Captain Munir Redfa (Arabic: منير ردفا, Syriac: ܡܘܢܝܪ ܪܕܦܐ), born Munir Habib Jamil Rufa (Arabic: منير حبيب جميل روفا, Syriac: ܡܘܢܝܪ ܚܒܝܒ ܓܡܝܠ ܪܘܦܐ ) (1934 – c. 1998 [1]) was an Iraqi fighter pilot.
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The Lost Evidence is a television program on the History Channel which uses three-dimensional landscapes, reconnaissance photos, eyewitness testimony and documents to reevaluate and recreate key battles of World War II.
Have Doughnut flying in 1968 NASIC document describing the program. Have Doughnut was the name of a Defense Intelligence Agency project whose purpose was to evaluate and exploit a MiG-21 "Fishbed-E" that the United States Air Force acquired in 1967 from Israel.
The film compared the operation with Operation Diamond (Penicillin), which was carried out by the Israeli Mossad in 1966, convincing an Iraqi pilot to steal an MiG-21, then the most modern aircraft in the Soviet arsenal. Kyrylo Budanov said that the operation represents "the first successful one in the entire history of Ukraine." [16]
TV 623 – How Sleep the Brave (Color – 1965) History of Arlington National Cemetery and a tribute to the American statesmen and fighting men who gave their full measure for the nation. TV 624 – Thayer of West Point (B&W – 1964) Story of Sylvanus Thayer and how he transformed the military academy into an institution known for its history ...