The United States knew about the MIG 25 already. American engineers examined images of the craft and assumed it was a super-fighter jet that was unparalleled. American military was terrified of the MIG 25. F15 was designed in direct response in this fear to defeat it. It turned out the MIG 25 wasn't as scary as they thought and the F15 was way over-engineered (which is why it is still the most successful fighter jet in history). The reality: The MIG 25 was a pure interceptor (not a fighter) designed to down long range NATO nuclear bombers. It wasn't as scary as the United States thought. The airframe could only handle 4.5 G and it could only go Mach 3 for short distances. The F15 beat the climb record the MIG25 set. The "streak eagle" was likely faster than the stripped down MIG25 used to set the speed records. The F15 can handle beyond 11 Gs in a pinch but can regularly go to 9.5 Gs. The F15 has shot down MIG25s. No MIG 25 has shot down an F15. The F15 has a 104-0 kill/death ratio.

@jollegrat6590

Жыл бұрын

thanks cap for your post. you are awesome

@paulromsky9527

9 ай бұрын

Good info. Little known facts about the MIG-25: Many of its controls went to 11 so that they were at least 1 better than any US aircraft... you know, to get that extra push off the cliff (of the envelope). An engineer by the name of Nigelov Tuffnelsky came up with the idea. In some cases he left the tags ("taggers" as he called them) on some equipment, many people were not allowed to operate that equipment, ever... let alone look at it. He also introduced a wireless microphone in the helmet so the pilot didn't have to deal with all the mucky-muck during flight. He wanted a custom 3 engine design and flames painted on the MIG-25 because he thought it made it look more formidable and would give the aircraft the illusion that it could sustain more Gs in flight, but the Soviet government refused to allow it. Here is a video of his son in a documentary: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4GHuJaIpMjXcqg.htmlsi=Ju22Voi1AH1RvKAy

RIP. He passed away September 24, 2023. You can read about his life and how he managed his defection in the book "MiG-Pilot" by John Barron

This was the best documentary about Belenko

Great story! I find it hard to believe that no one knows his whereabouts.

@berko9608

Жыл бұрын

@AV8OR Victor Belenko, a retired US Air Force Colonel, lives a happy life in California. In the same city lives his eldest son Dmitry, who reunited with his father immediately after the collapse of the USSR. And two American sons of Victor.

This channel is very, very underrated!

Good job, great video! 👍 Bad ass bold move by Belenko, he chose freedom and risked everything for it

Wow nice story good narration. ❤️

Read his book! It's amazing! I read it when I was a kid and I still think it's one of my favorite books. It should be turned into a movie or a miniseries. The leading up to the defection him finally doing it and him getting to see America and all the things that happened to him are crazy!

Very concise and well done piece.

I remember that story from the time it happened. I was interested I aircraft. It was thought that it was advanced but it turns out other than speed it wasn't very good. Nice to get more details and an update on the pilot etc

I read somewhere on the internet that he became an airline pilot before got killed in the plane crash as a passenger.

@ashcarrier6606

11 ай бұрын

Screw that. He's living somewhere awesome and has an in ground swimming pool. And beer is cheap.

so my slovak friend tried something similar over france :)

They already knew about the mig25. And the mig 25 was an interceptor not an air superiority fighter like the f15 is.

The Japanese Asked for 40 mil Dollars as damages for the runway +guarding + transporting )))

That Soviet pilot has got some balls on him

@Neuropolymer

7 ай бұрын

He was a traitor. And he realized that he is a traitor. He lived with this thought for the rest of his life. And he died as a traitor, forgotten and abandoned by everyone.

@clover1475

7 ай бұрын

@@Neuropolymer he became a traitor because he saw through the lies of the Soviet Union and the gas lighting they did

@Neuropolymer

7 ай бұрын

@@clover1475Yes, but he was an army officer and jet fighter who swor fealty to his Country. There is an interesting story of Stanislav Kurilov who escaped from the Soviet Union two years before Belenko. Kurilov did it by jumping overboard from a cruise liner in the open ocean and swimming to the Philippines. And the point is that Kurilov was a civilian and Russians treat him normally. But Belenko was an offcer and traited his Country, mother, 3-year old son and wife. Belenko is despised in Russia.

HOW IT WAS: Meaning how it was patrayed

Carter was the president of the united states in 1976 oops I was wrong it was ford.

You don´t have date correct... It was in 1976...

I like his surname.

I will NOT BE SURPRISED if they blame the Fall of Soviet Union on him too 🤣🤣🤣 Death heart attack 😂😂 that's a lot Anger 🤣🤣🤣

>cheetos airport Goddamned anglos

@berko9608

5 ай бұрын

Each language has its own phonetic features. Some sources transliterate the name of the airport as Titosse, others as Chitoze.

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