Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
PROLOGUE
Mikha Tskhakaya “Ruslan” Air Base,
20 May 1989, 0520 hours
PART ONE
CHAPTER 1
Mikha Tskhakaya “Ruslan” Air Base
February 13, 1989
CHAPTER 2
Central Aviation Hospital, Moscow
March 21, 1989
PART TWO
CHAPTER 3
Samara
1961–78
CHAPTER 4
Armavir Higher Aviation Academy
1978-82
CHAPTER 5
Combat Training
1983-84
CHAPTER 6
MiG-29
1984–85
CHAPTER 7
Glasnost
1985
CHAPTER 8
Mary and Akhtubinsk
1985-87
CHAPTER 9
Perestroika
1987–88
CHAPTER 10
Repression
1988–89
PART THREE
CHAPTER 11
Central Aviation Hospital, Moscow
March 21 — April 6, 1989
PART FOUR
CHAPTER 12
Massacre
April 7–14, 1989
CHAPTER 13
Counterattack
April 14 — May 20, 1989
CHAPTER 14
Vengeance
May 20, 1989
EPILOGUE
Ankara, Turkey,
17 June 1989, 0920 hours
Glossary
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