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For a span of time during the Cold War, the short-lived infamy of the MiG-25 'Foxbat' evoked fear in the U.S. until a defector unveiled the jet's secrets.
Father time is catching up on the old but legendary B-1B Lancer bomber, currently serving in the U.S. Air Force but slowly headed towards retirement.
The MiG-31 bears a striking cosmetic resemblance to the MiG-25, which probably explains at least in part why NATO retained the “Fox” portion when assigning its codename to the successor aircraft.
The MiG-25 Foxbat made her maiden flight on March 6, 1964, and entered into operational service with the Soviet Air Force in 1970.
Viktor Belenko, who has died aged 76, was a senior lieutenant in the Soviet air force who made headlines in September 1976 when he landed an advanced supersonic MiG-25 Foxbat interceptor at a civilian airfield on the Japanese island of Hokkaido and was granted political asylum by the United States.