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Soviet pilot Victor Belenko defected with his MiG-25 Foxbat to Japan in September 1976, riding out of the Iron Curtain and into our hearts.

If China is in fact communist, then we neednt worry about it. People who live under communism are poor, miserable, and they most certainly have subpar weaponry.

The plane’s canopy opened. A sturdy blond man emerged with a gun and fired two shots in the air to warn onlookers away.

Politics almost prevented the B-1B Lancer from entering service – but the supersonic bomber got there, albeit in a roundabout way.

It is unlikely that late Soviet-era defector Viktor Belenko led a happy life in the US, Dmitry Peskov has suggested Committing treason is

Among the highest-profile figures to flee the Soviet Union, he brought with him a secret weapon and firsthand experience behind the Iron Curtain.

Plus: A woman’s unconventional escape in India.

As the years wore on, only one foreign fighter ever managed to actually secure a lock on Lockheed’s SR-71.

The acclaimed astronaut’s latest novel fails to blast off

The Cold War cliché of a Russian pilot defecting to the West is now repeating itself.