Viktor Belenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Viktor Belenko

Soviet MiG-25 pilot who defected to the West

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1947

Place of Birth: Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia

Profession: military personnel, engineer, aircraft pilot

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Viktor Ivanovich Belenko (Russian: ?????? ???????? ???????, born 15 February 1947) is a former Soviet pilot who defected to the West while flying his MiG-25 "Foxbat" jet fighter 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.