On May 21, 1988, two helicopter gunships marking the USA were taking off quietly in the dark, not to strike a military target, but to steal a helicopter, the Soviet MiG-24. In addition to helicopters, the U.S. military also sent a full 75 special forces to participate in the operation, and what is the magic of the MiG-24 that makes the U.S. military pay so much attention to and even alarm the president? In fact, behind the seeming recklessness of the US military, it has played a good calculation.
The MiG has always been a national heavyweight for the Soviet army, and this MiG-24 helicopter is the leader of the MiG family. With its ferocious firepower, it quickly attracted the attention of other countries, especially in the war-torn Middle East, the MiG-24 helicopter is simply a crushing level of existence, the most famous of which was the feat of Iraqi pilots flying this MiG-24 to shoot down the opposite ten gunships in the Iran-Iraq War.
Since then, the MiG-24 has become famous all over the world, especially in the United States, which has been engaged in an arms race with the Soviet Union, and has coveted the helicopter. I have long wanted to find an opportunity to set up a good study, but because of the Cold War, I can only keep shelving this idea.
However, this opportunity still made the US military wait. In 1987, the United States and France supported the Chadian government to gain a greater voice in the Arab region, and the Chadian army, which had been defeated on the battlefield, had the support of two military powers, and the waist pole was instantly hardened, and it gradually reversed the decline in the war with Libya and recovered many lost lands.
In the process of cleaning up the battlefield, Chadian soldiers found a leftover helicopter at Wadi Dom airfield and reported the harvest to headquarters, which immediately went to the U.S. military to ask for credit after learning of the famous MiG-24. The Pentagon, who received the news, simply felt that it was effortless, and immediately said that all the conditions were met as long as the MiG-24 could be obtained. In the end, Chad got a large amount of dollars and many advanced American weapons from the US military, and most importantly, it pleased the big brother of the United States.
After negotiating the conditions, the next thing is how to transport this MiG-24 back, after all, this is still in the war zone, if the US military swaggers into Chad, it will not be a local war between Chad and Libya, it is possible to rise to a direct conflict between the two camps.
Apparently, the U.S. military did not want to do this, so a plan for a covert operation surfaced in this context: the U.S. military planned to quietly send two helicopters and a small elite force to steal the MiG back. Then there is the opening scene, the U.S. Department of Defense dispatched a total of four helicopters, two CH-47s responsible for transporting special forces and MiG-24s, and two C-130s to refuel the CH-47s in case the transport aircraft ran out of fuel.
With advanced radar shielding technology, the two CH-47s did sneak around the defense to Wadi Dom airfield, and quickly hoisted the MiG-24s that were left there, and the 75 US special forces who came with them also completed their guard work well and returned smoothly.
In the process of returning, the always cautious US military even let the ally France coordinate the escort, and France was also very interesting, and really dispatched Mirage fighters to defend the air. After dozens of hours of flight, the U.S. military finally transported the coveted MiG-24 back to the military base. The MiG-24, which arrived at the U.S. military base, did not stay long before it was packed and taken away, and the roaring large transport aircraft transported it straight to the U.S. mainland.
After a comprehensive disassembly and analysis of the MiG-24, scientists in the U.S. military finally understood the military technology hidden in it. For the US military, there are no casualties and no soldiers, and it is really a safe profit to obtain a confidential information with only a small amount of military expenditure.
The US military's covert operation has also made other countries in the world see how important the scientific, secret, and coordinated nature emphasized by modern military operations is. I have to say that the US military has indeed left a good classic case, which is a rare military experience!
I believe that Chinese power and Chinese scientists will be better legends long ago! #Chinese##美国 #
