What happened to belenko, a Soviet pilot who defected from MIG -25 in history?

1On September 6th, 976, the former Soviet pilot belenko defected in the MIG -25P interceptor, which was the best heavy interceptor in the world at that time, and shocked the world at that time. This incident is one of the three major defections of the Soviet Union. This incident caused the Soviet Air Force to replace the IFF system, and dozens of commanders and responsible persons were dismissed. Angry Soviets once said to Berenko who defected:? You know what happens to traitors! We'll get you back sooner or later. ? So, what about belenko in history? Afterwards, a word from the American investigator revealed the secret.

Berenko's defection was too unexpected, because he kept silent about the reasons for his defection, so that even the Soviet Union and Americans don't understand the reasons until now, only various speculations. For various purposes, the Soviets gave a guess that Berenko divorced his wife, broke up with his parents, and his work was unsatisfactory. He was once suspected of mental illness and was asked to go to the hospital for examination. All kinds of dissatisfaction led him to choose to defect. The American view is that Berenko was dissatisfied with the so-called system and chose to defect.

1September 6, 976, 12: 50, Berenko took off in a MIG -25. After hovering for a while, he went straight to Hokkaido. He chose to fly at ultra-low altitude, pressed the alarm and made the plane crash. Thirty minutes later, Berenko entered Japan's airspace, and the Japanese Self-Defense Force sent two fighters to intercept it, but it was dumped, showing the strong combat effectiveness of the MIG -25. Soon after, when the fuel was about to run out, Berenko landed at Hakodate Civil Airport.

After landing in Berenko, he asked to meet with Japanese officials and directly put forward his intention to fly to Japan, requesting political asylum in the United States. Soon, he was sent to the naval base building in Tokyo. CIA officials met with him and went through the formalities of political asylum for him. At the same time, the Soviet army who defected from Berenko also acted quickly, demanding that the Japanese army repatriate Berenko. The Japanese arranged for Soviet diplomats to meet Berenko for various purposes, and the Soviet diplomat promised that he would never be punished as long as he agreed to go back. But Berenko refused to go back, and angry diplomats threatened him, but in the end it didn't help. Berenko is determined to go to America.

Soon after, Berenko was taken to the United States, and CIA aviation technical experts couldn't wait to interrogate Berenko and got some secrets of the MIG plane. Later, after his use value was squeezed dry, he got a family allowance and was first arranged to work on a farm. Later, he left the farm, once bought a mansion, and lived a drunken life, but he soon squandered his bonus and had to live on the support of the CIA. He is a heavy drinker. Once he was drunk driving and had an accident. In order to make the KGB of the Soviet Union give up the pursuit, the Americans claimed that Berenko was killed in the accident, but this incident did not succeed in deceiving the Soviets.

Later, Berenko missed his hometown and relatives more and more, longed to return to China, and even offered to let Americans return to the Soviet Union as spies. In the eyes of Americans, he is almost crazy. Later, at Berenko's request, he began to fly commercial aircraft. It is reported that Berenko is still alive in America. A Russian journalist once asked a familiar investigator: When the KGB couldn't catch Berenko? ? The agent smiled mischievously and said, waiting for the death penalty is more terrible than the death penalty itself? Berenko's defection wiped out nearly 200 factories and hundreds of thousands of laborers involved in the manufacture of MIG -25 aircraft, which caused great losses to the country. What a hateful traitor!