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In 1989, F-15 Eagles Caught a Pilotless Russian MiG-23.

On July 4th, 1989, a MiG-23 Flogger over Poland suffered engine problems and began to descend, so the pilot ejected. However, the engine didn’t stop, so the jet stayed airborne, flying on autopilot. When it crossed into West Germany, two F-15 Eagles in the Netherlands quickly took off to intercept it. The GCI told them the F-15s to escort it to Laarbruch Air Base near Dutch Border when they intercepted it. However, the F15 pilots soon discovered that there was no pilot, no ejection seat, or canopy there. It was a pilotless MiG-23. Soon, the low-fuel MiG crashed in Belgium. The MiG-23 pilot on founding this publicly expressed deep sorrow a day after the crash.