Alexander M. Zuyev

Stealing a MiG-29 was a Piece of Cake – Sort of. Alexander Zuyev’s Great Escape – Part 2

In the second part of this story, we cover the day Soviet Air Force Captain Alexander M. Zuyev defected in a MiG-29 fighter after executing a brilliant and bold plan in 1989, landing at a coastal airport in Turkey. This article is the second of a two-part story covering the prepararations and then the defection […]