Have Drill

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.

[2] As in the earlier Have Doughnut program, a small group of Air Force and United States Navy (USN) pilots conducted mock dogfights with the MiG-17s.

Some instructors from the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School ("Top Gun") at NAS Miramar also flew against the MiGs for familiarization purposes.

By 1970, the Have Drill program was expanded; some naval McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crews were invited to dogfight.

[4] Naval Grumman A-6 Intruder, LTV A-7 Corsair II and Douglas A-4 Skyhawks were recommended to avoid combat with the MiG-17.