Timeline Tuesday 16 August 1966

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Tuesday 16 August 1966

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Events on Tuesday 16 August 1966 1

1966 Munir Redfa defects with a MiG-21 Operation Diamond Iraqi pilot Munir Redfa flies his MiG-21 to Israel in a Mossad operation, handing the West its first close look at the fighter.

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