10 Percent True: Clip #2 - CONSTANT PEG Teaser

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In 2006, I was fortunate enough to be the first person to tell the full story of the US Air Force's CONSTANT PEG - a classified programme that saw the 4477th TES, Red Eagles, fly secretly-acquired MiGs out of Tonopah Test Range during the Cold War.
My book Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs became a best seller and was put on the Air Force reading list: www.amazon.com/Red-Eagles-Ame...
In 2020, I have the option of telling the story again, this time using video footage never seen before.
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[@10percenttrue]

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[@TheArea51Rider]

Very cool. One of my favorite places to watch for something new, the Tonopah Test Range.

[@_Majik]

I've subbed been since you had less than 100, watched and enjoyed every single video, and it's taken me this long to realise you're THAT Steve Davies! Own several books and even that DCS campaign you wrote for, but never made the connection until rewatching this video today after reading Red Eagles! Now it all makes sense...

[@sedlo]

Wow, yes, please do! This footage is amazing.

[@G11PMD]

Awesome footage. Love the MiG-21 dropping by in the background!

[@10percenttrue]

Yeah, perfect timing!

[@UKAviationMovies]

Wow! Awesome to see this 😎

[@macedk]

Most be wild to fly an enemy jet for the first time :). I know DCS is a sim, but I was never a helicopter guy but DCS came out with a KA-50 full 3d clickable pit. I was very impressed with how the Russians made this chopper work as a single seat. On some systems they are backwards from American systems, but they get the job done. Cool to get an insight, as I grew up during the cold war and all Russian was "crap", but we were fed that stuff and Russia kept all under raps (no airshows etc). I knew of captured Russian jets but have never heard the stories, very cool :)

[@Torch134]

Great book, can’t wait to see more video footage! Wish y’all had GoPros back then haha

[@10percenttrue]

Now, wouldn't that have been great!

[@blulight1170]

"WOW"!

[@2k11m1]

It's a MiG-23BN, the F/A-Version before MiG-27.

[@kluvchik]

Да .это МиГ-23БН.

[@LIamaLlama554]

Foxbat NATO designation

[@scottfeatherstone7156]

I would be interrested in hearing the story of how the US acquired the Migs.

[@10percenttrue]

Yeah, that would make for an interesting episode.

[@ShlomoTenembaum]

The quality is amazing, straight from 1st generation U-matic I presume?

[@adamsauer6516]

how much reverese engineering had to be done in order to service parts that failed.. thats what im interested in.

[@10percenttrue]

Hi Adam. A great deal of reverse engineering was done. In my book (Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs) I tell the story of the reverse engineering of brake pads by an American company - when the new components were delivered, they were found to be perfectly manufactured *worn* brake pads... In the squadron's later years, the MiG-21s it operated were J-7Bs purchased direct from China by a CIA front company. I believe that they also purchased a large spares package. Even so, they were still reverse engineering parts for the FLOGGERS.

[@saadilyas86]

10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit are you Steve Davies ?

[@10percenttrue]

Yes, Saad.

[@saadilyas86]

10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit mate I’ve been an aviation enthusiast for a long time and thought I had read everything out there but your book literally caused a paradigm shift in my brain. A masterly piece of work.

[@10percenttrue]

Saad Ilyas thank you so much! Glad that it gave you something different to ponder!

[@rrr7991]

Best book out there, even better than GP's!

[@10percenttrue]

Now that's the sort of feedback I like! Thank you, sir.

[@ryans.6889]

@@10percenttrue What book? I'm interested now

[@10percenttrue]

@@ryans.6889 www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Eagles-Americas-Secret-MiGs/dp/1846039703/ref=nodl_

[@ryans.6889]

@@10percenttrue I have this added to my list already, but it just moved up to spot #1. Is there any footage of the dogfights and training that took place?

[@10percenttrue]

@@ryans.6889 good stuff! The only footage that exists in the public domain is here: CONSTANT PEG Pilots React to Unseen Footage - 4477th TES Red Eagles

[@vinnyfaxx9267]

Wow, a Mig-27. Quite remarkable they got ahold of and were flying that type. That makes the known, captured aircraft now: Mig-17s, Mig-21's, Mig-23's, Mig-27's, Mig-29's and SU-27's. Pretty much covers every Russian fighter flying today, so we know its secrets. Yes, there are various other Flanker evolutions but still.... I can't imagine the Russians have a sister program. Imagine them flying captured F-15's 16's and 18's, along with F-22's and F-35's. Crazy...

[@10percenttrue]

Hi Robert, many thanks for the post. It's a MiG-23BN, so the forebear of the MiG-27. AFAIK, the Red Eagles never flew the MiG-27, but the RED HATs may have...

[@fortworthron]

Do you know if Su-22s ever flew out there? If so, any footage? Air Force Museum claims they have one in "storage", and I've read 2 may have been acquired in the 80s or 90s... ?

[@10percenttrue]

Yes, I have seen two photos of a Su-22/17 taken in the early 1990s over Groom. I don’t think it was a secret that the Air Force acquired them from the former East German Air Force.

[@lakisstrikes1932]

had to look twice to make sure what I am seeing is real...well done Steve D. Now all you need are a few stories from Paco, Buffalo, Rookie, Morgenfeld, Heater and Black. You just got to be quick before DoD come down on this like a ton shit 😉. If this is anything like your book then certainly worth promoting even by the Church of England...coming to think of it interviews with the 4477th's customers would be mighty welcome (Snort, Manfred etc). Would have loved to have asked His Holyness the Archbishop Hoser to contribute, but I am afraid he's bugged out of earthly engagements (not before sneaking out a few apocryphal sentences about fighting Red Air several times mostly probably in the pre-4477 days). BZ

[@10percenttrue]

Thanks, Lakis! Appreciate the kind words. Yes, there's a more to come!

[@kluvchik]

Красивый самолёт.

[@yogiparashara4016]

It looks like they had the Mig27

[@10percenttrue]

MiG-23BN

[@joec4106]

Is that a mig 23? Still learning red jets....great footage!

[@crwmike0]

MiG 27 most noticeable difference is the lack of radar in the nose

[@joec4106]

crwmike0 thank you! It’s so frustrating and confusing how Russia names their aircraft. There’s another pair, I forget which ones, but one is a su and one is a mig. They look exactly alike....lol

[@SCscoutguy]

@@crwmike0 It is a Mig-23BN not a Mig-27.

[@10percenttrue]

Joe, as SCscoutguy says, it's a MiG-23BN. Wiki has a good description of the differences between this and the MiG-27. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-27

[@bobafettuccine8412]

@@10percenttrue How did "we" get ahold of this equipment? Defecting pilot?

[@tom_p]

Will there be more footage coming?

[@10percenttrue]

There will, Tom. Stay tuned next year.

[@tom_p]

@@10percenttrue :-)

[@richardpurves]

Nice! I’ll bet they made sure “Weird Harold” wasn’t around when they filmed this 😉

[@10percenttrue]

No doubt! I have a single photo of him, somewhere. Clothed! Thank goodness!

[@richardpurves]

@@10percenttrue Well small mercies I guess! Not sure how he survived a military career with "jokes" like the ones you describe in the book ;)

[@garyhall5649]

@@richardpurves As a retired KC-135A,Q,R / KC-10A Boom Operator...I couldn't agree more. Crew dogs are a different class of Biped. The things we did and laughed about 25 years ago would get ya Court Marshaled and kicked out of the military now. Not because what we did was so horrendous but because the culture has changed so drastically. I cant wait to see more about the Red Eagles.

[@cliffordkinnear9705]

Cool, our colemans can tow the enemies planes!! Haaaaa Haaaaa Ivan!!!

[@TheArea51Rider]

A MiG-21 and a MiG-23, correct? I have added your channel to my "Fellow Explorers" list on my channel.

[@10percenttrue]

Thank you! Yes, that's a MiG-23BN and MiG-21 (actually a Chinese J-7B copy of the MiG-21).

[@F22raptor46]

What base was this?

[@10percenttrue]

Tonopah

[@aerofan1772]

The fact that the US was able to procure Soviet aircraft during the Cold War is direct evidence why the US needs to be extremely selective as to which countries it exports advanced technology. Merely being an 'ally' is not adequate. Many other geopolitical factors need to taken into account, otherwise F-35's and more will wind up in potential adversaries hands.

[@fediaf8114]

Да, да это МИГ-27, ещё и МИГ- 21

[@bennorthey7497]

bh_world

[@feud0r]

That's where the Americans have learned to build airplanes. Note: technology vertical take-off on the F-35 is copied from the Yak-141

[@SCscoutguy]

No it wasn't. It uses a completely different vertical take off method. There are no separate jet engines in the front of the F-35B.

[@SCscoutguy]

What? The F-35 uses a completely different vertical take off system than the Yak-141. The F-35 doesn't have separate tiny jet engines help lifting it off.

[@Coastoghost]

American aerospace engineering has long been peeling MiGs and Sukhois open like tin cans even by the 80s. The broke and starving engineers at Sukhoi couldn't crank out a stealth fighter if their government had all the money in the world.

[@9266695699]

@@Coastoghost ну да, ну да... мы ничего не умеем. только голодный инженер способен похоронить проект SR-71 за копейки. Только голодный инженер способен в 60х годах 20 го века создать систему, которая валит невидимки в 90-х- 2000-х в Югославии.. ))). И зачем нам все деньги мира? Их нельзя есть...

[@francoisthorimbert6215]

Basicly, it'is not a Mig-23 but a Mig-27 attack version in this video.

[@Midavfful]

Это миг-27

[@kluvchik]

Это МиГ-23БН

[@Midavfful]

Mikhail Inta по какому признаку определили?

[@kluvchik]

@@Midavfful У 27-го по бокам кабины стоят бронелисты.Здесь нет. У 27-го более короткие клинья воздухозаборников. У 27-го на центроплане торчат вперёд наплывы (как-бы штыри) .У27-го щитки колёс двойной кривизны. А так конечно МиГ-23БН и ранний МиГ-27 (безбуквенных серий) очень похожи. Ещё отличия в вооружении,в двигателе,в стойках шасси.(но здесь этого не видно). Поищите в интернете,если не лень.

[@kluvchik]

И ещё. Нашёл в сети,что МиГ появились в штатах из Египта. А там были только МиГ-23.

[@dergute4011]

MIg....one of the best Fighterjet in the world🇷🇺🇩🇪

[@kristinafranco1953]

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