How Mossad Hunted and Captured the Soviet Union’s MiG-21

lone MiG-21 drops its wheels over Israeli soil—and the Cold War tilts. On August 16, 1966, Iraqi ace Munir Redfa defected with the Soviet Union’s crown-jewel interceptor, handing Mossad and the Israeli Air Force the blueprint to beat it. This film dives into Operation Diamond from the inside: the years-long recruitment, the family exfiltration, the low-level dash to the border, and the silent landing at Ramat David that stunned Baghdad and rattled Moscow. ✈️🕵️‍♂️⚙️🔥

We open the jet like a vault—radar, avionics, missiles, doctrine—and show how hard data from the captured MiG reshaped tactics across the Middle East and NATO. From delta-wing strengths to fatal blind spots, from doctrine built on ground control to the vulnerabilities it created, discover how one pilot’s choice rewrote the next war’s playbook. Tell us: was the real weapon the airplane—or the human who chose to fly it?