Russian pilot found after being MIA in Afghanistan since 1980s

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Russian pilot found after being MIA in Afghanistan since 1980s
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MSantor	Jun 3 2018, 02:53 AM Post #1
Posts: 28,659 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #516 Joined: August 6, 2005	Agence-France-Presse/Guardian Quote: Russian pilot found after three decades missing in Afghanistan Military veterans group says man whose plane was shot down wants to return to Russia Agence France-Presse in Moscow Fri 1 Jun 2018 21.19 BST Last modified on Fri 1 Jun 2018 22.49 BST A Russian pilot who was missing presumed dead after his plane was shot down three decades ago during the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan has been found alive and wants to come home, according to a military veterans group. “He is still alive. It’s very astonishing. Now he needs help,” the head of the Russian paratroopers’ union, Valery Vostrotin, told RIA Novosti state news agency on Friday. Vostrotin, who heads the Russian side of a Russian-US joint commission on prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action, declined to name the pilot for reasons of confidentiality. (...SNIPPED) Edited by MSantor, Jun 3 2018, 02:53 AM.
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