Have Doughnut
Have Doughnutwas the name of aDefense Intelligence Agencyproject whose purpose was to evaluate and exploit aMiG-21 "Fishbed-E"that theUnited States Air Forceacquired in 1967 from Israel. Israel acquired the aircraft as the result of itsOperation Diamondwhen, on August 16, 1966,Iraqi Air Forcepilot Capt.Munir Redfa,in a defection pre-arranged by the IsraeliMossadintelligence agency, flew it to Israel during a training flight.
In this multi-service project, Air Force andUnited States Navypilots evaluated the MiG-21, redesignated as the "YF-110", in a variety of situations. The aircraft was referred to as "The Doughnut" due to the doughnut-shaped intake at the aircraft nose; this led to the project name "Have Doughnut". The inability of the Navy to disseminate the results of this highly classified project to combat pilots was part of the impetus to create theUnited States Navy Fighter Weapons School.The Have Doughnut tests were conducted atGroom Lake."[1][2]A similar project occurred a year later known asHave Drill,which used aMiG-17 Frescoacquired in the same manner.[citation needed]
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[edit]- ^"THE MIGS OF AREA 51".
- ^Scream of Eagles: the Dramatic Account of the U.S. Navy's Top Gun Fighter Pilots and How They Took Back the Skies Over Vietnam.Robert K. Wilcox. Pocket Star Books. New York, 2005. 76-77