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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.
The MiG-31 Foxhound was already in development at the time of Belenko's defection and had first flown in September 1975. Belenko was aware of the "Super Foxbat" and informed the US after his defection. The MiG-31 was to gradually replace the MiG-25 in Soviet and later in Russian service.
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 pilot who dramatically defected to Ukraine by flying his helicopter across the border is dead, ... The pair were killed while trying to escape after they realized they had landed in Ukraine.
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 ...
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Russia: 1959: Defected in Sweden; later allegedly killed by the KGB Alexander Petrovich: Photographer: Russia: 1960: Defected through Iran and India; settled in the U.S. in Tampa, Florida: Ernst Degner: Motorcycle racer: East Germany: 1961: Defected once he knew that his wife and two children had already escaped to West Germany in a car trunk.
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.