4. From Moscow to Maui

A year after escaping from Moscow in a MiG-30 fighter jet, a Soviet defector hires Magnum to help his girlfriend defect from an Olympic track team visiting Hawaii. She is under close watch of undercover KGB agents, and Magnum, T.C. and Rick, with assistance from Higgins, must carry out their plan with military precision to free her.

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Complete story — includes the ending

A year after escaping from Moscow in a MiG 23 fighter jet, a Soviet defector hires Magnum to help his girlfriend defect from an Olympic track team visiting Hawaii. She is under close watch of undercover KGB agents, and Magnum, T.C. and Rick, with assistance from Higgins, must carry out their plan with military precision to free her. Notes: The "MIG" is actually an F-4 with a red star painting. The plot connects to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. The plot of episode " Olympiad " of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is almost identical.

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