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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.
Later in 1953, North Korean pilot No Kum Sok flew his MiG-15 to an American air base in South Korea; [3] this MiG is on permanent display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. [4] Later Soviet Captain Aleksandr Zuyev flew his MiG-29 to Trabzon, Turkey, on May 20, 1989. The MiG-29 was returned to the Soviet Union. [5]
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Zuyev (Russian: Александр Михайлович Зуев; July 17, 1961 – June 10, 2001) was a Soviet pilot who defected to the United States with his MiG-29 on May 20, 1989.
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 ...
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.
List of Soviet and Eastern Bloc defectors (1924-1991) List of Cold War pilot defections; List of KGB defectors This page was last edited on 10 ...
Shortly before the Libyan–Egyptian War (1977), a Libyan cadet pilot defected in small single-engine Socata Rallye by flying to Egypt. [24] On 11 February 1981 A Libyan Air Force Captain pilot flying a MiG-23 defected from Libya by flying to Crete, Greece. The pilot claimed that the reason for his defection was the suspicion of his attempt to ...
Soviet Union James McMillin: United States Army cryptographer: United States: 1948: Soviet Union Pyo Mu-won: Republic of Korea Army: South Korea: 1948: North Korea [11] Albert Clavier: French Army: France: 1949: Viet Minh Robert Dagleish: Foreign Office: United Kingdom: 1949: Soviet Union [13] Gerhart Eisler: Journalist: United States: 1949 ...