Munir Redfa (1934 - 2000) was an Iraqi Fighter Pilot, of Iraqi-Assyrian origin who defected to Israel in 1966 by flying a MiG 21 belonging to the Iraqi Air Force to Israel. In what is considered one of the Mossad's most successful operations, Redfa's entire extended family was smuggled safely out of Iraq to Israel. The hijacked MiG fighter was later loaned to the United States for testing and intelligence analysis. Wikipedia
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