27th April 1953: The US launches Operation Moolah to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter through defection

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MiG-15s in formation

27th April 2021

27th April 1953: The US launches Operation Moolah to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter through defection

By the time the armistice was signed on 27 July, the money for Operation Moolah was still untouched as no pilot had brought their MiG-15 to South Korea.

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#Cold War
#Korean War
#MiG-15
#North Korea
#Operation Moolah
#United Nations
#United States
#USA

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27th April 1953: The US launches Operation Moolah to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter through defection

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