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    Viktor Ivanovich Belenko (Russian: Виктор Иванович Беленко; February 15, 1947 – September 24, 2023) was a Russian-born American aerospace engineer and...
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    On September 6, 1976, Lieutenant Viktor Belenko of the Soviet Air Defense Forces defected by flying his Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25P "Foxbat" aircraft from...
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    MiG-25 were better understood by the West in 1976 when Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko defected in a MiG-25 to the United States via Japan. It turned out that...
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  • Lieutenant Belenko is a 1980 biography by John Barron about the life and 1976 defection of Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 fighter pilot Viktor Belenko to the...
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    the new interceptor from Lieutenant Viktor Belenko, a pilot who defected to Japan in 1976 with his MiG-25P. Belenko described an upcoming "Super Foxbat"...
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    on a Boeing 767-200. On September 6, 1976, Soviet Air Forces pilot Viktor Belenko successfully defected to the West, flying his MiG-25 'Foxbat' to Hakodate...
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    Russian pilot hijack a Mi-8 military transport helicopter Defection of Viktor Belenko - Taking with him a Mig-25 to Japan List of Cold War pilot defections...
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    afterwards. There have been several prominent cases of airspace violations. Viktor Belenko MiG-25 defection (September 6, 1976) Soviet Tu-16 violation of airspace...
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    Syrian Army and the entire Tlass Family during the Syrian civil war. Viktor Belenko, a Soviet Air Force lieutenant who flew a MiG-25 fighter to Japan in...
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  • the circumstances surrounding the defection of Soviet Air Force pilot Viktor Belenko and the capture of the MiG-25 “Foxbat” fighter. It was the first English-language...
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  • on real-life events such as the 1976 defection of the Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko, to risk a 250,000-copy printing. The background material for Firefox...
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  • Welsh actor (Chimes at Midnight, Ash Wednesday, Merlin), heart attack. Viktor Belenko, 76, Russian-born American fighter pilot. Dorra Bouzid, 90, Tunisian...
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  • 1968, and recovered by 1974's Project Azorian. The 1976 defection of Viktor Belenko flying his MiG-25P "Foxbat" aircraft from the Soviet Union to Japan...
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    by Alexander Zuyev, 1992, ISBN 978-0-446-51648-8 Biography portal Viktor Belenko List of Cold War pilot defections List of Eastern Bloc defectors Fulcrum:...
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    1975, this figure had climbed to $70 million. In 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko defected to Japan with his MiG-25 "Foxbat". During debriefing he described...
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    planes. In September 1976, Chuguyevka Air Base rose to prominence when Viktor Belenko, a MiG-25 pilot stationed at the base, defected to the United States...
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    terminal building opened in 2005. On September 6, 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko defected to the West by landing a MiG-25 Foxbat aircraft at Hakodate...
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    the E-2Cs in service. On 6 September 1976, Soviet Air Forces pilot Viktor Belenko successfully defected, landing his MiG-25 'Foxbat' at Hakodate Airport...
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    Chaldean Catholic Church. Redfa died of a heart attack around 1998. Viktor Belenko List of Cold War pilot defections Reuven Weiss (May 29, 2007). "The...
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  • after Viktor Belenko flew his MiG-25 to the West, where TECHINT analysts could examine the aircraft, and doctrinal specialists could interview Belenko. Analysts...
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  • released by Atari in 1983. List of American films of 1982 Defection of Viktor Belenko Hughes 2009, p. 198. "Firefox: Budget." Clint: The Life and Legend....
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    missile. Following the defection of Soviet Air Defense Forces pilot Viktor Belenko in 1976 and the compromising of the MiG-25P's systems and the associated...
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    with 400 passengers killed. In 1976, a defecting Soviet pilot named Viktor Belenko flew his plane into the civilian airport in Hakodate. Hakodate's size...
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    radiation hardening.) This was discovered following the Defection of Viktor Belenko. The Nuvistor sockets have a standardized layout based on four (imaginary)...
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    returned in 1984), Mig-25 pilot Viktor Belenko, U.N. Undersecretary General Arkady Shevchenko, chess grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, ballet stars Rudolf Nureyev...
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  • authorities let Vronsky stay in the country. On September 6, 1976, Lieutenant Viktor Belenko flew to Hakodate Airport in Japan and defected with his MiG-25P to Hakodate...
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  • together with 4 crewmembers died in the accident. 6 September Lt. Viktor Ivanovich Belenko, of the 513th Fighter Regiment, 11th Air Army, based at Chuguyevka...
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    composer, and actor Rustam Bakov, former Russian footballer, born 1983 Viktor Belenko, Soviet pilot who defected with a MiG-25, landing in Hakodate, Japan...
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    personnel who defected to sell their knowledge, such as the pilots Viktor Belenko in 1976 and Aleksandr Zuyev in 1989. Following the international condemnation...
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  • Again With the Kirov. The New York Times, August 8, 1988 Raymond Keene. Viktor Korchnoi: Fearless Competitor of World chess. Archived 2007-10-29 at the...
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