On that occasion, a privately-owned former Soviet air force L-39 military jet trainer came to rest on the motorway after going through the boundary fence at Duxford.

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Prime Minister David Cameron was recently quoted as saying it was not right for the RAF to have planes that were ready for dogfights with the Soviet Union air force.

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The Afghan Air Force is far less advanced than the Soviet-trained force was at a similar moment.

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He was a Soviet-trained pilot who was chief of staff of Egypt's air force during the 1973 Mideast war.

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