From the late 1960s until the end of the Cold War, the United States Air Force acquired and flew Russian-made MiG jets, culminating in a secret squadron dedicated to exposing American fighter pilots to enemy technology and tactics.

Red Eagles tells the story of this squadron from the first tests of MiGs following the Vietnam War when the USAF had been woefully under-prepared in aerial combat. These initial flights would develop into the "black" or classified program known internally as Constant Peg.

At a secret air base in Nevada, ace American fighter pilots were presented with a range of differnet MiG jets with a simple remit: to expose "the threat" to as many of their brethern as possible. Maintaining and flying these "assets" without without spare parts or manuals was an almost impossible task, putting those flying the MiGs in mortal danger on every flight.

Despite these challenges, in all more than 5,900 American aircrews would train against America's secret MiGs, giving them the eskills they needed to face the enemy in real combat situations.

For the first time, this book tells the story of Constant Peg and the 4477th Red Eagles Squadron in the words of the men who made it possible.

史蒂夫·戴維斯是一個自由軍事和商業航空攝影記者，於2001年開始寫作，此後獨立編著瞭六部光受好評的著作，並閤作創作瞭更多的作品。他還給齣瞭一些權威的航空齣版物月刊和季刊撰寫瞭大量的文章。此外，他還擔任瞭一係列軍事航空紀錄片的內容指導專傢。在攝影方麵，他不但為眾多的航空類媒體提供攝影服務，還為知名的防務承包商河航空企業提供服務。