Excerpt from the Ethiopian Intercept: Rescue mission

The green jade waters of Lake Rudolf stretched off to our left. A small bush camp: two Land Rovers and about a half dozen safari tents lay to the right, the only sign of life for miles in the austere landscape.

Barker lined the Porter up on the approach to an isolated desert airstrip, little more than a dirt track cleared of rocks. He dipped the nose, pushed the throttle forward, gained speed, and came straight in. At the last second, he pulled up and buzzed the dusty airstrip at low altitude.

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July - This Month in the Cold War

July 3, 1976 - The raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda by an Israeli commando unit. An Air France airliner had been hijacked en-route from Tel Aviv to Paris when by pro-Palestinian guerrillas. Three hostages, seven hijackers and twenty Ugandan soldiers were killed during the operation. 103 hostages were rescued.

July 26, 1953 - The beginning of Fidel Castro's revolutionary "26th of July Movement." In 1959, Castro led a rebellion that drove out dictator Fulgencio Batista.

July 29, 1953 -  A US Air Force RB-50 was shot down by Soviet fighters 40 miles off the Siberian coast.   The Soviets claimed the aircraft had violated Soviet airspace and opened fire on Soviet fighters. This claim was rejected by the United States. One crew member survived, the remains of two were recovered, and thirteen remained unaccounted for.