May 28, 1987, turned out to be a bad day for two of the most senior members of the Soviet Union’s military. The reputedly impregnable air defenses that ringed Moscow had been breached, a disaster for ...
In 1987, a teenager with limited flying experience managed to fly straight into the heart of the Soviet Union, evading one of the world’s most formidable air defense systems and landing a small plane ...
Mathias Rust, the German who landed his small plane in Moscow's Red Square in 1987, was fined $4,550 Tuesday for stealing a cashmere sweater. Rust, 33, was caught stealing the $81 sweater in a Hamburg ...