Have Drill was the name of the Defense Intelligence Agency project to evaluate and develop tactics against a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 [1] acquired from Israel in 1968. The Syrian Air Force MiG-17 landed at Betzet in northern Israel, mistaking it for Lebanon.

• Exploit the tactical capabilities and limitations of the MiG-17 in the air-to-air environment when employed singly and in section against US tactical airplanes • Optimize existing tactics and develop new tactical techniques as necessary to defeat the MiG-17 • Evaluate the design, performance, and handling qualities of the MiG-17

HAVE DRILL/HAVE FERRY - EXPLOITATION OF THE SOVIET MiG-17F Rob Young Historian National Air and Space Intelligence Center This Briefing is Classified: UNCLASSIFIED//APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

By 1970, the HAVE DRILL program was expanded; a few selected fleet F-4 crews were given the chance to fight the MiGs. The most important result of HAVE DRILL is that no Navy pilot who flew in the project defeated the MiG-17 in the first engagement. The HAVE DRILL dogfights were by …

Oct 29, 2013 · This briefing describes the specifics of the exploitation efforts, designated HAVE DRILL and HAVE FERRY, of two versions of the Soviet MiG-17F fighter plane.

A number of U.S. federal agencies undertook a program at Groom Lake to evaluate the MiG-17 to help fight the Vietnam War, as the kill ratio against North Vietnamese MiG-17s and MiG-21s was only 2:1. The program was code-named HAVE DRILL (see also Have Doughnut ), involving trials of two ex- Syrian MiG-17F Frescos, acquired and provided by ...

Aug 11, 2023 · Between 1965 and 1968, antique MiG-17 Frescos shot down 27 US aircraft over Vietnam. Although US aviators shot down over 50 MiG-17s in return, the situation ...

The HAVE DRILL MiG-17 was a Lim-5 serial number 1C-07-18, built in Poland in 1956-57. The HAVE DRILL aircraft arrived at Groom Lake on 27 January 1969 with its first flight being on 17 February 1969. It flew 172 sorties for 131 hours covering 55 days.

Mar 3, 2025 · Have Drill/Have Ferry were the names of a Defense Intelligence Agency project whose purpose was to evaluate and exploit a MiG-17 "Fresno" redesignated as the "YF-114C". F-106's of the 94 FIS Selfridge AFB flew 13 missions participating in the HAVE DRILL, and HAVE FERRY projects.

These two operations involved capturing two fully intact and flyable MiGs - one being a MiG-21 and the other a MiG-17, with intense testing that followed. In sh...more. This is the story of...