Belenko, Viktor
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Name (Hebrew)
בלנקו, ויקטור
Name (Latin)
Belenko, Viktor
Date of birth
1947-02-15
Gender
male
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MARC
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Viktor Belenko’s military identification (cropped)
CIA photo, Public domain
File:Former Soviet Pilot Viktor Belenko’s Knee Pad Notebook with Flight Data - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency.jpg
The Central Intelligence Agency, Public domain
File:Former Soviet Pilot Viktor Belenko’s Military Identity Document.jpg
CIA, Public domain
File:Viktor Belenko’s military identification (cropped).jpg
CIA photo, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
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. George H. W. Bush, the Director of Central Intelligence at the time, called the opportunity to examine the plane up close an "intelligence bonanza" for the West. Belenko later became a U.S. aerospace engineer.
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