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The story was loosely based on an actual event in which a Soviet fighter pilot (Viktor Belenko) defected to Japan on September 6, 1976. Belenko was stationed in Chuguyekva, Primorsky Krai, R.S.F.S.R. (Soviet Russia) where he flew a MiG-25 to Hakodate, Japan. During his defection, he brought the pilot's manual, where the U.S. Air Force were, and American personnel evaluated and tested the aircraft. The U.S. Air Force determined that the MiG-25 was more of an interceptor rather than a fighter-bomber (which the F-15 Eagle had a superior edge, later demonstrated by the Israeli Air Force where it was used in combat against Syrian MiGs (they also operated the MiG-25 with no losses). {This may or may not be significant, the MiG-25 flown by the Syrians would have been the "export" model, the versions of military aircraft most major nations sell are of lower performance than the home models.} The captured MiG was later dismantled by the Japanese technicians and returned to the Soviet Union.

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