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Have Doughnut MiG-21 Exploitation Black Program

Have Doughnut mattered because it was not just a test of a captured aircraft. It was a classified act of strategic theft transformed into doctrine. A Soviet-built MiG-21, borrowed in secret, flown in the Nevada desert, and turned loose against American pilots and instruments, became something more than intelligence. It became a hidden mirror. In that mirror, the United States could finally see the enemy fighter not as a radar plot or combat rumor, but as a machine with habits, limits, blind spots, and killing logic.

Declassified / Black Projects/declassified program/2026-04-02

Have Doughnut MiG-21 Fishbed Groom Lake Area 51 YF-110

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Have Drill MiG-17 Foreign Aircraft Test Program

Have Drill mattered because it took one of the most dangerous misconceptions of the Vietnam air war and forced it into the open. A small, gun-armed MiG-17 flown in secret over the Nevada desert showed American pilots and planners that the enemy aircraft they thought they understood could still dominate the wrong fight. In that sense, Have Drill was more than a foreign aircraft test program. It was a classified correction delivered by the enemy's own machine.

Declassified / Black Projects/declassified program/2026-04-02

Have Drill MiG-17 Fresco Groom Lake Area 51 Have Ferry