Originally Posted by SDRider
Why? The Soviets never attacked the US...who would find that offensive? Maybe Soviet Jews?
Uh, well...
There was the time they purposely shot down a civilian airliner with Americans onboard, when it accidently veered off course. And yes, it was a civilian plane, not a spy plane.
When at the same time, we have on several ocassions allowed their Russian Bear bombers to land, refuel, and conduct repairs when they made emergency landings at the AFB's along the Aleutians. We allowed them to land without boarding, and allowed them to leave. We escorted as expected, but NEVER shot them down. There was a big differance in the mentalities of the two nations during the cold war.
With all that said, I still think it's a neat jersey.