Among the highest-profile figures to flee the Soviet Union, he brought with him a secret weapon and firsthand experience behind the Iron Curtain. By Clay Risen When the Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko ...

On the 6th of September 1976, a fighter-pilot of the Soviet Union did the unthinkable. During a training mission near the ...

Viktor Belenko died on September 24 th. Belenko defected from the former Soviet Union in 1976, and brought with him what then CIA director George H.W. Bush described as an “intelligence bonanza.” You ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Public domain Soviet pilot Victor Belenko defected with his MiG-25 Foxbat to Japan in September 1976, riding out of the Iron ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Viktor Belenko's military identity document - Universal Images Group Editorial Viktor Belenko, who has died aged 76, was a senior ...

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The West Thought the MiG-25 Was a Deadly, Agile Superfighter. What They Learned Was Surprising. 1430 Hrs. Local, September 6, 1976. Sea of Japan near Hakodate Airport, Hokkaido Prefecture. Jet fuel ...

The story of Viktor Belenko, a MiG-25 pilot who defected to the United States via Japan on Sept. 6, 1976. The then Lieutenant Belenko was a pilot with the 513th Fighter Regiment, 11th Air Army, based ...

A working Montana ranch that recently hit the market for $21.7 million has a unique history, once serving as a hiding place for a Soviet Union pilot who defected to the West. Rocking Chair Ranch, ...