Then the Soviets sent up MiGs to check out why the Americans were up there.

BBC: Swim that broke Cold War ice curtain

Not even a squadron of new MiGs is likely to bring them to book.

ECONOMIST: Bangladesh

When the extra Russian MiGs arrived in Armenia earlier this year, an influential presidential adviser in Azerbaijan, Vafa Guluzade, grandly invited the Americans to set up an air base outside Baku.

ECONOMIST: The Caucasus

The Abhijit Air Safety Foundation - formed in honour of fighter pilot Abhijit Gadgil who was killed in a crash three years ago - has been lobbying against the use of MiGs.

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