Event Brief
Aug 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
Soviet MiG-25 pilot defects to Japan, fires warning shots
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Lieutenant Viktor Belenko landed a MiG-25 in Hakodate with almost no fuel and fired two warning shots.
WHO: Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko
WHAT: Belenko landed a MiG-25 interceptor on a civilian runway in Japan, fired two warning shots, and sought refuge in the United States.
WHEN: Reported Aug 18, 2026 at 11:24 AM ET
WHERE: Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
WHY: He said he wanted refuge in the United States and that he had not had enough gas to go farther.
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