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 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”, ...

The MiG-25 Foxbat: How a Soviet Pilot’s Defection Exposed a ‘Paper Tiger. ... He thoughtfully brought along the training manual for the Foxbat, something that was strictly prohibited.

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, ...

OTD in 1976, Viktor Belenko, “stole” a MiG-25 and landed in Japan. The then Lieutenant Belenko was a pilot with the 513th Fighter Regiment, 11th Air Army, based in Chuguyevka, Primorsky Krai ...

What made the MiG-25 special was its extreme speed and ability to fly very, very high. More than 50 years since it was introduced into the service, The MiG-25 could fly up to 123,000 feet (around ...

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.