The story of Viktor Belenko, a Soviet MiG-25 pilot who defected to the United States via Japan on Sept. 6, 1976. ... Belenko brought with him the pilot’s manual for the MiG-25 “Foxbat”, ...

Belenko had brought with him the pilot’s manual for the MiG-25, expecting to assist American pilots in evaluating and testing the aircraft. In 1980 he co-wrote his autobiography, ...

The MiG-25 Defection. At the time of his defection, 1976, ... He thoughtfully brought along the training manual for the ...

The MiG-25 then made its way to U.S. hands, where the plane was meticulously disassembled and reverse-engineered. Belenko had even brought the plane's training manual, ...

The Mig-25 Foxbat was designed to directly counter American aerial might. When it comes to Russia’s military capabilities, the Kremlin has a long history of pushing the truth. In fact, stemming ...

A MiG-25 kill marking was placed on the left side just below the canopy frame of #90-0778 that sported the traditional two-tone gray color scheme of all the U.S. Air Force “Vipers” (the F-16 ...

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. The New York Times quoted Belenko's son on November 20 ...

He thoughtfully brought along the training manual for the Foxbat, ... A fully fueled MiG-25 weighed 64,000 pounds, by contrast, the U.S. Navy’s F-18 only weighs 48,000 pounds in the same state.