Viktor Belenko
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Viktor Ivanovich Belenko was a Soviet-born American aerospace engineer and pilot who defected in 1976 to the West while flying his MiG-25 "Foxbat" jet interceptor and landed in Hakodate, Japan. George
Belenko's Soviet military identification photo; stored at the CIA Museum
Viktor Belenko's military ID
Belenko's knee pad notebook with flight data
No Kum-sok
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No Kum-sok was a North Korean–born American engineer and aviator who served as a senior lieutenant in the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force during the Korean War. Under colonial rule, No was
Viktor Belenko
…two Polish Air Force pilots Lieutenant Franciszek Jarecki and Lieutenant Zdzisław Jaźwiński flew MiG-15s to Denmark. Later in 1953, North Korean pilot No Kum Sok flew his MiG-15 to a US air base in South Korea; the MiG is in the permanent collection of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, displayed in its…
No in 1953
No as a toddler in 1935, with his father, who was a baseball player.
No meeting with Vice President Richard Nixon at the U.S. Capitol in May 1954.
No's MiG-15 at Gimpo Airport on September 21, 1953, minutes after No's defection and arrival.