The Nation - News from Aug. 7, 1989
Two top-of-the-line Soviet fighters accompanied by the world’s largest aircraft made a historic stop at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, en route to a “sales mission” in Canada. It was the first time that MIG-29 fighters and the Soviet An-225 transport had landed on the North American continent. “These are showroom models,” said Maj. Doug McCoy, an Elmendorf spokesman who was referring to the pair of stripped-down MIG-29s. After a refueling stop in Alaska they were to be escorted to the Canadian border by U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles.
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