On the 6th of September 1976, a fighter-pilot of the Soviet Union did the unthinkable. During a training mission near the ...
The Foxbat could fly at extreme speeds—but in doing so, it would risk damage to the airframe and engines, which were far less sophisticated than their American counterparts.
When model pilot Lieutenant Viktor Belenko failed to return to the Chuguyevka airbase after a training sortie on September 6, ...