08/22/2026
An amazing true story of courage and resolve! orestes Perez handed the United States a brand new MIG-23 Soviet Jet, and asked for asylum. When Castro mocked him and told him to "come get his family"; Orestes did precisely that!
On March 20, 1991, Cuban Air Force pilot Orestes Lorenzo Perez said goodbye to his wife and two sons, promising to return, and flew his MiG-