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[Moonman62]

The story of the MiG pilot doesn’t end there:

Eduardo Guerra Jimenez is wanted for his alleged involvement in the June 11, 1979, hijacking of Delta Flight 1061 en route from John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, New York, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. During the flight, Jimenez, who was armed with a knife, allegedly entered the cockpit, assaulted the flight engineer, and demanded the pilot fly the plane to Havana, Cuba. Once in Cuba, Jimenez, a Cuban pilot who had defected to the United States from Cuba in October of 1969, was taken into custody by Cuban authorities.

A federal arrest warrant was issued for Jimenez in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, on June 13, 1979, after he was charged with aircraft piracy.

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/dt/eduardo-guerra-jimenez

[mass55th]

Thank you!!

[Snickering Hound]

Joseph Frantz and Louis Quénault his gunner/mechanic in a Voisin downs the first enemy aircraft using gunfire in 1914.

[ealgeone]

1969: Lt. Eduardo Jimenez of the Cuban Air Force manages to fly his Mig-17 fighter undetected through the U.S. military’s air defense network, landing at Homestead Air Force Base (near Miami, Fla.). Fortunately, Lt. Jimenez was defecting – especially since he was able to park his jet right next to Air Force One.

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Now that's a bad day for someone.