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Viktor Belenko - Wikipedia

Viktor Ivanovich Belenko was a Russian-born American aerospace engineer and Soviet pilot who defected in 1976 to the West while flying his MiG-25 "Foxbat" ...

MiG Pilot Viktor Belenko: 'I Am the Luckiest Man Alive'

Viktor Belenko quietly passed away on September 24, 2023, following a brief illness. His sons Tom and Paul were at his side.

Defection of Viktor Belenko - Wikipedia

On September 6, 1976, Lieutenant Viktor Belenko of the Soviet Air Defense Forces defected by flying his Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25P "Foxbat" aircraft from near ...

MIG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko - Goodreads

MIG PILOT is the thrilling true story of how Russia's greatest air military secret was stolen and delivered right into America's lap.

Viktor Belenko, Who Defected to the West in a Jet Fighter, Dies at 76

He was there to defect, he said, along with his jet, a supersonic interceptor called a MiG-25. The plane had stoked fear among Western ...

A Russian Pilot Defected with a MiG-25 Foxbat Fighter Jet

The defection of Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko in 1976 revealed critical insights into the capabilities of the feared MiG-25 Foxbat, ...

Former Soviet Pilot Viktor Belenko's Military Identity Document - CIA

Concerned about its relations with the Soviet Union, the Japanese Government limited US access to the MiG before it was disassembled and returned to the USSR in ...

MiG-25 Foxbat: Russian Defector, Who Stole World's Fastest Military ...

Russian pilot Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko served in the 513th Fighter Regiment, 11th Air Army, Soviet Air Defense Forces, stationed in ...

The Merge | #OTD 1976 Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko flew his MiG-25 ...

1976 Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko flew his MiG-25 "Foxbat" to Japan, landed at Hakodate Airport (skidded off the runway), and requested asylum in the US.

TIL of Viktor Belenko, the Soviet pilot who defected with the MiG-25 ...

Viktor Belenko, the Soviet pilot who defected with the MiG-25 (most advanced Soviet interceptor of its time), who initially assumed that his CIA handlers were ...

Viktor Belenko, Soviet Defector Who Hijacked MiG-25 To Japan In ...

Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko, who hijacked a MiG-25 military jet to Japan in September 1976, has died in the United States at the age of 76.

F-4 Phantom Pilot talks exclusively about Stolen Mig 25 ... - YouTube

Aviation #MikeBarnett #Adventure F-4 Phantom Pilot talks exclusively about Stolen Mig 25 Foxbat Viktor Belenko This video was filmed at ...

Russian Pilot Defected with MiG-25 Foxbat Fighter Jet

Viktor Belenko, a Soviet pilot, defected to the West in 1976 by flying his MiG-25 Foxbat to Japan, shocking both the Soviet Union and the ...

The Soviet Pilot Whose Defection Gave the West Access to the MiG-25

Viktor Belenko was a Soviet pilot who defected to the United States during the height of the Cold War. A number of things make his escape notable.

Former Soviet Pilot Viktor Belenko's Knee Pad Notebook with Flight ...

... military identity document – on his dramatic flight to freedom in a MiG‑25 Foxbat fighter from the USSR to Japan in 1976. Born in 1947, Belenko was a fighter ...

Viktor Belenko, Soviet pilot who defected with 'the world's most ...

Said to be the world's most advanced fighter aircraft, the MiG-25 Foxbat had caused concern at the highest levels in Nato for years. So ...

Mig Pilot : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming - Internet Archive

The authorized biography of Viktor Belenko, the Soviet fighter pilot who defected to the United States with the ultra-secret MiG-25 'Foxbat' in 1976.

39 Viktor Belenko Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images

Foreign diplomats talk about the Soviet fighter MiG-25 which pilot Viktor Belenko flied to Japan to defect at Hakodate Airport on September 8, 1976...

Three stories of Soviet pilots' daring defections from the USSR

Viktor Belenko: Hijacked MiG-25 to Japan. The most famous escape in the history of Soviet aviation was that of Viktor Belenko. The pilot ...

The pilot who stole a secret Soviet fighter jet - BBC

When pilot Viktor Belenko defected 40 years ago, he did so in a mysterious Soviet plane – the MiG-25. BBC Future investigates the far-reaching effects of one ...