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Flying Linguists Pose as Russian Defectors

SUMMARY

During a “live-fly exercise,” a linguist from the Alaska Mission Operations Center serves as an interpreter when a Russian pilot — who is in reality a linguist colleague — announces his wish to defect.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Jun 14, 2006

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Aug 15, 2018

TAGS

Russia