This comic pertains to the incident where, in 1976, Viktor Belenko defected from the USSR in a MiG-25. He landed at an airbase located in Hakodate, Japan.
This comic pertains to the incident where, in 1976, Viktor Belenko defected from the USSR in a MiG-25. He landed at an airbase located in Hakodate, Japan.
Hey... This is interesting.
Could this be the incident that was the basis of the Clint Eastwood movie Firefox (which in turn was the inspiration for the dogfight sequences in Macross Plus)?
Could this be the incident that was the basis of the Clint Eastwood movie Firefox (which in turn was the inspiration for the dogfight sequences in Macross Plus)?
Firefox is about the MiG-31, which is the next-generation of the MiG-25. They both are visually similar, and have the same purpose (high-speed interceptor), but they're drastically different aircraft on the technological scale.
The MiG-25 was a huge threat (or so the west thought until they got their hands on one), the west overestimated it so much that it pushed for the development of the F-15 fighter to counter the MiG-25! When the west heard of a "super MiG-25" (the MiG-31) when they interrogated Viktor Belenko, the fear arose again: and this is likely what inspired the author to write the book about (the book Firefox came out roughly a whole year after the defect).
Unidentified Soviet Aircraft!!
Show yourself!SOBIt looks like she ran away from homeKRR-SLAM...
Ran away?... So she is the infamousNO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME!Hello Mr. BelenkoSOBA-ko*...
I cried too much and now I'm hungry...Ah, Phantom, you're here...
This is Foxbat-chan from the USSR.Wait just a bit!
We have some snacks in the club roomI'm never going home ever!
I can stay here for a bit, right?How dare you intrude into Japanese airspace!I won't forgive you!*A-ko (Eikou): F-104J's Japanese nickname