Originally Posted by
westhawk
During the time I was stationed in Deutschland, this crazy German kid named Mathias Rust flew to Moscow and landed a Skyhawk in Red Square.
Bit of an aside, but that Red Square thing was journalistic licence. He actually landed on a bridge a few blocks away, then taxied a bit closer to the square.
Half the Russian air defense units in the Western theater had new commanders within the week.
True, although I believe this incident was more of a welcome excuse than the actual cause, as it became known years latter.
Apologies for the drift.