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Hi all, I 'm hoping someone can clear something up I've been wondering about for ages. So, in my display case I'm keen to present my models along with different types, mostly in twos or threes, on diorama-ish bases. For the contrast you see? Now one of the reasons I like NATO subjects from the 1960s to 1980s is the diversity offered by NATO air bases during this time. Because when planes from different air forces weren't involved in one or the other exercise or deployment hosted by another country, chances were they could be found, at any one time, on a fairly random air base 'somewhere in Europe' for purposes of lunch or booze. Or something more professional. I don't know. Like here. THE QUESTION: Were such visits also common in the Warsaw Pact? Say I'd make a Warsaw Pact-era Hungarian MiG-21bis and a Czechoslovak one (or any other Warsaw Pact-nationality for that matter) and park them next to each other - would that be a realistic proposition? I'm not talking about an air show context by the way, but an everyday boring work day situation. Which WP air forces visited others and why did they or why did they not? And did Soviet forces in a country visit air bases of country itself (Poland, GDR, Hungary)? And then what about Non-aligned/ Neutral Countries? Did Finnish MiGs ever go for a short Swedish meat balls trip? I think you know what I'm getting at now. Thanks in advance! Jay
