Wings (12/12) : Red October

For educational purposes

In October 2000, US F/A-18s took the chance to do a joint training (red October exercise) with the German MiG-29s after the German reunification.

The German Luftwaffe inherited the MiG-29s from the Air Forces of the National People’s Army (East German Air Forces).

So they became the first NATO MiG-29s and allowed the NATO members to study the top weapon of the former Warsaw Pact countries.

A lot of rumours have been spread about the capabilities of this top fighter jet – now they had the possibility to check and verify them.