Viktor Belenko | The Soviet Pilot Who Stole A MiG-25 Interceptor Jet

<p><strong>Ways to support the podcast:</strong></p><p>Buy Me a Coffee: ☕ <a href="https://bmc.link/philipthompson">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bmc.link/philipthompson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>Donate via PayPal: 💸 <a href="paypal.me/PhilipT284">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠paypal.me/PhilipT284⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>On 6 September 1976, Soviet Air Force Lieutenant Viktor Belenko defected to the West in a MiG-25 interceptor, landing at a civilian airport in Japan and handing American intelligence the most secret aircraft in the Soviet arsenal.</p><p>The MiG-25 was studied for 67 days before being returned to the Soviet Union in pieces. What the West found overturned a decade of assumptions about Soviet air power.</p><p>This is the story of how Belenko did it, what the analysis revealed, and what became of the man who pulled it off.</p><p>📚 Sources &amp; Further Reading (affiliate link):</p><p>📕 <a href="https://amzn.to/44DUmKB" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">MiG Pilot by John Barron</a></p>