Viktor Belenko’s Top Gun Visit | F-14 Fighter Pilot Greg Hansen | Afterburn Podcast Episode 141 While stationed at Top Gun in 1982, F-14 Tomcat pilot Greg Hansen sat in on one of the most secret briefings of the Cold War — a visit from Soviet defector Viktor Belenko, the man who stole a MiG-25 Foxbat and flew it to Japan. “It was very hush-hush at the time. They said a special speaker was coming in, and it ended up being Viktor Belenko — the guy who flew the MiG-25 to Hokkaido. At the time, his

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 The MiG-25's capabilities were not discovered until 1976 when Viktor Belenko, a Soviet MiG-25 pilot, defected to Japan. Subsequent analysis revealed a simple-yet-functional design with vacuum-tube electronics, two massive turbojet engines, and sparing use of advanced materials such as titanium. A capable interceptor, the MiG-25 was widely exported by the Soviet Union. The first MiG-25s entered service with the Iraqi Air Force in 1980 during the Iran-Iraq War. #avgeek #Mig