In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Belenko.
Viktor Belenko
Виктор Беленко
Belenko's Soviet military identification photo; stored at the CIA Museum
Born
(1947-02-15)February 15, 1947
Nalchik, Kabardin ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died
September 24, 2023(2023-09-24) (aged 76)
Rosebud, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality
American Russian
Occupation
Fighter pilot
Known for
Defecting to the U.S. with MiG-25 in 1976
Viktor Belenko's military ID
Viktor Ivanovich Belenko (Russian: Виктор Иванович Беленко; February 15, 1947 – September 24, 2023) was a Russian-born American aerospace engineer and Soviet pilot who defected in 1976 to the West while flying his MiG-25 "Foxbat" jet interceptor 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.[1] Belenko later became a U.S. aerospace engineer.[citation needed]
^INTELLIGENCE: Bonanza or Bust? Time Magazine, Monday, 1 November 1976
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