Message posted by Manta on November 17, 2006 at 20:16:39 PST:

They are two distinct organizations. The Red Eagles were based at TTR and were under the aegis of TAC.
No MiGs flew out of TTR until the early 80s when the runway was rebuilt and lengthened (initially) to 10,000 feet for F-117 operations.

Links to articles about earlier exploitation of Soviet (MiG-17 and 21) aircraft have been declassified, and have appeared on this site and elsewhere.

In Reply to: Re: AF Declassifies Elite Aggressor Program posted by Chris McDowell on November 17, 2006 at 15:38:31 PST:

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