ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, September 18, 1993                   TAG: 9309180208
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: KEY WEST, FLA.                                LENGTH: Short

CUBAN DEFECTS TO U.S. WITH HIGH-TECH FIGHTER

A Cuban air force captain defected Friday in a MiG jet that he landed at Key West Naval Air Station, sparking a dispute among military officials about whether the flight had been tracked.

Capt. Enio Ravelo Rodriguez, 32, landed his Soviet-built jet at the Key West Naval Air Station on Friday afternoon after veering north while on a routine training flight. He asked for political asylum and was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service officials.

The jet, which was not armed with missiles, went unchallenged by U.S. military forces on its 10-minute, 90-mile flight, according to government sources.

- Los Angeles Times 


 by CNB