American MiG Pilot: Inside the Top Secret USAF “Red Eagles” MiG Squadron
Author:   Rob Zettel
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9781472808554


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   12 February 2026
Format:   Hardback
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American MiG Pilot: Inside the Top Secret USAF “Red Eagles” MiG Squadron


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Author:   Rob Zettel
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Osprey Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9781472808554


ISBN 10:   147280855
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   12 February 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

(Subject to Confirmation) Prologue – No shots taken Getting there Welcome to Nellis ‘Up North’ – Tonopah Test Range Checking out in the MiG-21 Crashing and Burning . . . Figuratively! The Routine The Squadron ‘Out of the pool, we’re going home!’ Fur Balls and Cat Fights The Crapper T-38 and ‘Alpha North’ USAF Fighter Weapons School and Topgun Did I mention security? ‘Sir, can he do that?’ ‘Flogger’ Time April Fools It's been a blast! Returning in the F-15 Epilogue – Desert Thunder – A Testament to the Value of Constant Peg

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Life in the 'Red Eagles' was unique. Imagine a group of young captains, a few majors and lieutenant commanders, and a couple of lieutenant colonels, living and working in secrecy, flying airplanes no one admitted we had. The stories practically write themselves. Rob 'Z-Man' Zettel has brilliantly captured the spirit, challenges, and camaraderie of life in our secret MiG squadron. * General (Ret.) Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle Commander, Air Combat Command, 2014–17 “Bandit 54” *


Author Information

Lt Col Rob “Z-Man” Zettel, USAF (ret.) is a veteran of the “'Red Eagles”, the 4477th Test & Evaluation Squadron (TES). Flying both MiG-21 and MiG-23 fighters from September 1983 to December 1986, he completed hundreds of sorties engaging USAF, US Navy and US Marine Corps frontline fighter pilots, In his 42-year flying career he has logged more than 20,000 flight hours in everything from Stearman biplanes to frontline fighters and, more recently, Boeing’s and Airbus' most advanced airliners.

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