Lt. Viktor Belenko’s Soviet MiG-25 jet interceptor at Hakodate Airport in northern Japan on September 6, 1976.
Japanese security officers guard the partly covered super-secret aircraft, which has slid to a halt after overshooting the runway. (ASAHI SHIMBUN PHOTO)
Disassembled and packed, the MiG-25 is loaded onto a Russian ship at Hitachi port on November 12, 67 days after Belenko flew the super-secret jet to Hakodate Airport. (KYODO NEWS SERVICE PHOTO)