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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.
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.
Steal the Sky is a 1988 HBO movie directed by John D. Hancock and starring Mariel Hemingway and Ben Cross.The film is based on the true story of an Iraqi Assyrian fighter pilot Munir Redfa, who defected by flying a MiG-21 fighter jet to Israel in 1966.
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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]
Lee talks about her connection to her fellow rock and roll legends in the new PBS American Masters documentary Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around. Harry Hammond/V&A Images/Getty Brenda Lee in 1960.
“Operation Finale” was lensed by Árni Filippusson, whose icy cinematography betrays the fact that, unlike most DPs who have ventured to Iceland in recent years, he actually grew up there.