Military Aviation / Cold War Era
USAF C-5 Lands in Beijing to Retrieve F-7 Fighters for Constant Peg Program
In a little-known Cold War operation, a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy landed in Beijing in November 1982 to acquire and transport Chinese-made F-7 fighters (MiG-21 variants) back to the United States. These aircraft were destined for the highly...