Dark Eagles: A History of the Top Secret U.S. Aircraft

Butowski with Miller, OKB MiG, 178, 179.

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Peter W. Merlin, 'Dreamland — the Air Force's remote test site,' Aerotech News and Review (April 1, 1994), 1.

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Butowski with Miller, OKB MiG, 96, 97, 178.

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Phil Pattee, 'General killed in plane crash,' Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 27, 1984, sec. A.

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'Nellis AFB test plane crash kills general,' San Diego Union, April 27, 1984, sec. A.

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''Secret' plane crash said to be MiG 23,' San Diego Union, May 3, 1984, sec. A.

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Butowski with Miller, OKB MiG, 102.

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Air Force Safety Agency, Bond accident report (May 17, 1984). The type and serial number of both the aircraft and its engine were deleted from the released text of the report. Any specific details that might identify what type of plane was involved in the accident were also deleted. This allowed the report to be released, even with the extreme secrecy surrounding the MiGs.

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Butowski with Miller, OKB MiG, 97.

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James Lawrence, 'The Ghost from MiG Alley,' Plane and Pilot (March 1988), 26– 33.

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Arnold F. Swanberg, 'MiGs Galore! 'Air Enthusiast 35 (1988), 22.

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Conversation with student test pilot, Edwards AFB Air Show, October 18, 1992.

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Visit to USAF Test Pilot School, April 25, 1994.

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Stapfer, MiG 17 in Action, 27, 28.

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Wilcox, Scream of Eagles, 288-90.

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