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Viktor Belenko's military ID. Viktor Ivanovich Belenko (Russian: Виктор Иванович Беленко; February 15, 1947 – September 24, 2023) was a Russian-born American aerospace engineer and Soviet pilot who defected in 1976 to the West while flying his MiG-25 "Foxbat" jet interceptor and landed in Hakodate, Japan.
Viktor Belenko's military ID A MiG-25PU two-seat trainer. 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 Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union to Hakodate Airport in Hokkaido Prefecture of Japan.
Maxim Kuzminov, a Russian pilot who dramatically defected to Ukraine by flying his helicopter across the border, is dead, according to Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR).. The news ...
Maxim Kuzminov (19 June 1995 – February 2024), born in Arsenyev, [6] was a graduate of the Syzran Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots. [7] During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he served in the Russian Armed Forces as a pilot-navigator in the 319th Separate Helicopter Regiment [], part of the 11th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Eastern Military District.
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last month has revealed details of the daring operation to fly across the border in his Mi8 combat helicopter, in an interview published by ...
A 28-year-old Russian military pilot who defected to Ukraine last month has detailed his escape in a helicopter, encouraging others to follow. “You’ll be provided for for the rest of your lives.
List of Soviet and Eastern Bloc defectors (1924-1991) List of Cold War pilot defections; ... This page was last edited on 10 April 2024, ... List of Russian defectors.
A top Ukrainian official has detailed for the first time how a Russian helicopter pilot defected by flying his Mi-8, along with unsuspecting crew members, to Ukraine.