Viktor Ivanovich Belenko ( , 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
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Defection of Viktor Belenko
Viktor Belenko