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Have Doughnut and Have Drill were the govt programs (which have been declassified) where we used acquired MiGs to learn their weaknesses. There are some great v
by kitteh 6y ago
Have Doughnut and Have Drill were the govt programs (which have been declassified) where we used acquired MiGs to learn their weaknesses. There are some great videos on YouTube and books from people who were directly involved in the Red Eagles.
- erentz 6y agoAny history on the use of the word “Have” in project names like this? I’m thinking of “Have Blue” also but didn’t realize it seems to be a theme. It’s always sounded weird as hell to me. Edit: oh I found something to answer my own question: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-missing.htm https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-m...
- themodelplumber 6y agoIt appears that "Have" was used by assignment of the Joint Staff to a specific organization. Still random of course, but interesting that its provenance and scope of application is not quite so super secret, at least not anymore. https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/meaning-of-have-in-code-names-have-blue-and-have-glass.2965719/#post-14997685 https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/meaning-of-have-in-c...