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 ...

Belenko had brought with him the pilot’s manual for the MiG-25, expecting to assist American pilots in evaluating and testing the aircraft.

The MiG-25 Foxbat: How a Soviet Pilot’s Defection Exposed a ‘Paper Tiger As the war in Ukraine grinds on, it’s not without its share of drama.

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 ...

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, giving all the information ...

MiG-25: The jet that almost reached space How high did it go: In special test flights, some versions of the MiG-25 flew so high they reached the edge between Earth’s atmosphere and space.

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 ...

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 MiG-25 Foxbat: How a Soviet Pilot’s Defection Exposed a ‘Paper Tiger As the war in Ukraine grinds on, it’s not without its share of drama.