This pilot defected with the Soviet Union’s most advanced plane
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1430 Hrs. Local, Sept. 6, 1976. Sea of Japan near Hakodate Airport, Hokkaido Prefecture. Jet fuel burned faster than he calculated as he pressed lower under the overcast, down to the gray black waves only 150-feet above the Sea of Japan. He ha…A Soviet pilot defected with a top-secret fighter 42 years ago