Firefox | Stealing the Soviet MiG-31 Fighter Jet | Warner Classics

Vietnam vet Michael Gant (Clint Eastwood) is tasked with infiltrating the soviet air base and piloting their new Mach 6 jet, the deadliest fighter made by man. Gant and a network of Soviet dissidents execute a heist of the jet while the Soviets uncover their plot in this Cold War thriller.

About Firefox (Theatrical Release - June 18, 1982)
His job ... Steal it. Clint Eastwood stars in this thriller as the only United States pilot capable of flying a revolutionary new Soviet warplane codenamed Firefox. When the Soviets threaten the United States with a secret aircraft capable of fantastic speeds, Mitchell Grant (Eastwood) is sent to the Soviet Union: All he has to do is penetrate deep inside Russian territory, steal a plane guarded by the might of the Soviet Army and pilot it--for his first time--through Russian air defenses. Based on the novel by Craig Thomas.

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