Soviet Pilot Steals MiG-29

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[@TheGermanKrankenwagen]

Fun fact: He tried shooting the aircraft that were parked on the ground after he took off, but realized he can’t because one of the gun locks have not been removed.

[@NJbro31]

Dang. But,what is his motive? Besides of "had enough of communism"

[@SkillfulNick]

@@NJbro31if he stole the aircraft he would be able to live in the us and get a large reward.

[@NJbro31]

@@SkillfulNick So thats his motive?

[@filipkotowski9186]

​@@NJbro31what do you mean??? Thousands if not millions of people 'had enough of communism' and tried escaping. Stories of escapes by water, land, air because the living conditions in the communist bloc were so low, especially in rural areas.

[@NJbro31]

@@filipkotowski9186 Oh,so the situation is kinda like how NK is rn? Damn

[@local_flight]

“Hey, this cake tastes kinda… zzzz”

[@gonzalez_martin]

Zzz... 😴🛌🏼

[@theshadowhokage4508]

Zzz…

[@imhandsome1309]

🛩️✈️

[@sfsspearheadorbital5195]

🛬🇹🇷

[@demirkeskin2264]

🏨🚑

[@drakkoLOC]

Man casually committed a gta heist

[@Windisjisjnwj]

💀

[@Dark_Trap998]

Vertical bird huh?

[@hooligan-bco3360]

😐😐😐

[@427Cabriolet]

Bro solo the Cayo perico heist irl

[@walksofar86]

Bit more like Grand Theft Aviation than Grand Theft Auto.

[@borabingol6797]

Turki here! I remember that day. He flew at almost sea level avoiding radars and landed at Trabzon. That was a civil airport and it was almost dawn, so there weren’t many groubd staff around, so he just left the MIG and sneaked outside the airport just by the road, he took a cab and told the driver to take him to hospital since his arm was imjured. Then he met the officials and asked US asylum which he was sent to Ankara to get to the US consulate. USSR warned Turkiye to return both the pilot and the MIG. Turkiye accepted to return the MIG but not the pilot according to the international law. US asked Turkey to investigate the MIG and not return to the Soviets. Turkiye refuses that but Turkiye investigated the MIG on her own. The MIG was disarmed and sent back flying.

[@lucasworktv]

Real Turkish move 😂

[@tinycockjock1967]

Turkiye trying not to be a pain in the ass to world powers challenge (impossible).

[@yegocego]

@@tinycockjock1967 they literaly followed the international rules and didnt pick a side

[@Battlemode-l9p]

​@@tinycockjock1967looks like an anti-kebab

[@landon2050]

Turkey is the worse member of nato tbh

[@earlblacklock5486]

There's a great story about a Korean War Saber pilot who lost consciousness and was saved by two other pilots who flew under his wings to reduce lift enough to get him down to where there was enough oxygen

[@legitusername-zl7to]

🫡

[@rifqihatta]

He successfully pulled operation Cake Eater

[@Taschip]

That's what they called me in high school

[@arthurvg2217]

Metal gear ?!

[@slimeymonkey7143]

@@arthurvg2217 yeah get? snake eater, cake eater

[@WolfThePilot]

After sitting through 20 minutes of calls

[@antecboy]

Solid Sleeper

[@captkingsly1238]

"Let him cook" has a whole new meaning

[@GrTeaBritain]

Nah its LET HIM BAKE now

[@JuanCastro-dx1jk]

You should cover this story, A Cuban pilot named Orestes Lorenzo got tired of the regime and left in his MIG 23 landing in FL, after that the Cuban dictatorship wouldn’t let his wife and two sons to come to the US and reunite with him, Raul Castro said if he want to see his family he better have the same balls when he took the MIG23 and come pick them up himself, so he did 😅 he managed to put his hands on a Cessna 31 and flew back to cuba to pick up his family, he told the people in FL if you haven’t heard from me in 2 hours is because I’m dead, flying a 3 meters from the water he managed to avoid the coastguard radars, landed in a highway, pickup his family turned around and flew back to the US making a fool of Fidel Castro not only once but twice, amazing story one of if not the best I’ve ever heard

[@Modelta]

bro is badass

[@NinjaX2009]

To be honest fidel castro was a lucky bastard considering he had survived over 149 assinations orders by CIA. from putting gunpowder in his cigarettes to poisoning his milkshakes.

[@JuanCastro-dx1jk]

@@NinjaX2009 sadly he didn’t died sooner and 60+ years later the country is at his worst point, socialism is nothing but a cancer

[@duoblade332]

They asked him to pull up and he dead ass dod

[@PsychotropicThunder]

@@NinjaX2009Also was a plan to but a bomb in a big sea shell 🐚 so that when he was diving in his favorite spot he would pick it up and it would blow up.

[@radbie]

I flew an airplane with this guy when I was a kid. Trips me out. He was a real nice guy.

[@otavainen222]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how beautiful an aircraft the MiG-29 is?

[@monobIocks]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how beautiful the hangar is?

[@UltraMagaFan]

If you reply to this you agree that the MiG-29 is ugly af and American fighter jets are better than Russian planes.

[@NguyenLyubyuStrana]

@@UltraMagaFanAmerican ☕️

[@orionbarrera6127]

@@NguyenLyubyuStranaAmerican what shut your mouth🤣

[@orionbarrera6127]

@@NguyenLyubyuStranaohh you are irish snd dont know how to spell you’re correctly to, yeah sounds about right with the shitty school system yall have to.

[@Chrono_topher]

Damn, if he waited for 2 more years 😂 EDIT: Uh I dont know what happened to the replies

[@minjunchi5239]

Wdym?

[@burakalp34]

Post communism Russia wasn't exactly a pleasant place either

[@NewSoloPilot]

Yep

[@austinli8891]

@@burakalp34 would have to wait another 15 years to get good.

[@burakalp34]

@@austinli8891 Russia still isn't good though

[@andyz3699]

"..invited his entire regiment..." Ah yes, the cake for 1500 soldiers😂

[@nixonc6344]

1500 pilots? How many planes were there?

[@andyz3699]

@@nixonc6344 a regiment includes more then just pilots, a tank regiment has also more units then just the tank crews like infantery, mechanics, logistic troops and other units. And a regiment at least for infantry has normaly more then two batallions included which are together at least over 1000 soldiers.

[@inspectorseb2887]

i think.he meant to say just his squadron

[@andyz3699]

@@inspectorseb2887 yes I think that too. But I hate this stupied shorts, made by stupid people, about some stories with cringe edits.

[@Exton_Z1]

When he flew away from Soviet Russia with the jet, he could feel the Freedom 🇺🇸 🦅

[@Imperatorusser]

bruh

[@Redbird_]

Also Getting brainwashed to be weaker and do whatever the government says

[@historyisawesome6399]

That had nothing to do with it he left becuse he was about to get a dishournarabke discharge and possibly prision time for disoderly conduct prior to his hiest

[@Arash_Leopard]

his pronouns changed to USA

[@piolig4202]

I identify as a Bald Eagle and my pronounces are united/states 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 (I'm not even american lmfao)

[@twozerofour]

“American? Sorry bro, you’re Turkey now.”

[@analog9439]

Turkish air space is NATO air space. And apparently his intention was to defect to the US which he managed to do.

[@warrenarnold]

Amuricaaaaah

[@keenan9440]

Grabs bowl of gravy

[@cis4cawky275]

Turkish*

[@fhkkjjk9255]

We sent the jet back to where it came from and the pilot to america, unnecessary cold war political bullshit at our end.

[@starboi141]

Bro's the definition of a'ight I'mma head out"

[@WellthatlldoitAGAIN]

"Both of them ended up ✨️shot✨️" Enunciating shot im crying😂😂

[@masoncorwin4531]

That guys more American than most kids these days

[@alexashworth3119]

Sad state of affairs my friend. Stay vigilant. 👍 🇺🇸

[@relate97]

Boomers are a wild breed lmao stay vigilant 💀

[@TruckinTom38]

@@relate97 Boomers are better than Groomers. Just sayin'

[@erwanduclos4210]

​@@TruckinTom38Those words are synonym brother

[@williamcaseywells604]

This man is exactly the type of person we need in America.

[@nicholasdigaetano]

This needs to be a movie

[@DoritoMan177]

Yeah

[@Modelta]

​@sergeykachalov9574nah his actions are best described as badass

[@theteardrop615]

agreed tho

[@Modelta]

@@Chunkylover. define betrayal because trying to leave a shit country isnt betrayal, north koreans escaping arent betrayers.

[@EternalWatcher-4vr]

yes i totally agree @@Chunkylover.

[@hugogonzalez1749]

**Fortunate Son starts playing outta nowhere**

[@RealGodfromheaven]

That’s about avoiding the draft

[@Curry_Communist]

Fun fact, an American did something very similar by escaping to east germany when he was going to be arrested for his political views by the American military

[@medievalthebucket5248]

Bro is the main character 💀

[@NU11-zero]

Bro is him

[@jinto74]

Zuyev: "Finally I an American!!" Turkish Ground Crew: "Skibbidi bop bop bop..."

[@fibecheee]

you can say that the cake was a lie

[@kemgreene8525]

"If that story were in reverse and that happened in America he would have never made it out, because they would have partied on till the next day and he would have woken up all painted and marked up with wild slurs. Him who ended up in San Diego proves it"!!😅

[@MxerEdits]

That’s weird most Russians actually enjoyed the Soviet era more than modern Russia and other nations.

[@lucasworktv]

Sources?

[@Gaming_sazer]

"finally i an American" *Lands in turkey*

[@HundredSlot]

You seeing entire regiment suddenly fall asleep everywhere "Huh, must've been the wind"

[@Herrpaere]

Can you cover the Norwegian c-130 that crashed into a mountain in Sweden?

[@AaronRheins.]

I’ll look into it for sure

[@trollvibes4076]

​@@AaronRheins.can u do Air India Express Flight 1344 accident on 7 August 2020, at Calicut International Airport

[@turbulent101]

Would be hard considering there is no Norwegian C-130 livery.

[@mattiskardell]

thats one happy story that i will tell to my grandchildren then i get older

[@erikonakayama3758]

The fact that he lived in San Diego is crazy...

[@godkingberkyy]

I remember in news when a Russian fighter jet betrayed his own country and came to our country. Of course we took care of him and send him in his way. ❤

[@user-rz4oo7sc3e]

LMAOOOO his words. Welcome to the club brotha

[@catsssss9098]

fun fact this was not the first time someone defected to the us in 1976 viktor belenko did the same thing

[@briangiven7399]

"I would have liked to see..Montana..." 😅

[@gamingsquad7556]

Aaron , can you cover El Al 1862 which crashed in Amsterdam after covering c-130

[@shahimagesyt]

He already did I believe

[@megariddaren]

Can you cover the SR 71 blackbird and the Ja 37 viggen story please

[@GariusMarius]

With all the bullying within military bases, one would wonder if more of these incidents didn't happen more often back then. There are still plenty of bullying and even racism added these days, but it's also much more difficult to steal a jet to fly away from your problems.

[@nematolvajkergetok5104]

No, this is incorrect. He did not invite anyone to his house, let alone an entire regiment, which would be a thousand people. He went to the airbase, to the ready room, and took the cake there, for his pilot colleagues currently on duty. He put them to sleep so he could steal a MiG-29 on air defense alert. He managed to pull it off, but he almost ran out of luck when a mechanic found the sleeping pilots, and noticed him fiddling with the aircraft. A firefight broke out between Zuyev and this mechanic, and they wounded each other. Zuyev eventually managed to escape with the MiG to Turkey, where his arm wound was treated. He found asylum in the US, and died in 2001, in an aviation disaster.

[@Naftali_Bennett]

*Once a Traitor, Always a Traitor*

[@KelBShobra]

How fkin big was that cake to have fed a whole Soviet regiment

[@brutusvonmanhammer]

A soviet aviation regiment has over 1000 people in it. All that with 1 cake? 😂

[@Ur-average_Kettenkrad.44]

People who played cod black ops Cold War will recognize trabzon turkey

[@David_bruh59]

When you get your coworkers high, so they don’t recognize you stealing a military grade fighter jet

[@evgesharushman]

A traitor is always a traitor

[@FrangkyMind]

He's in Kenya now

[@alanbbrady8196]

A traitor is a traitor in any language. He was a nutter. Who's gonna want to go to the land of the bereft and no home for the homeless.

[@ErlingEra]

WOW! He died in 2001 in Whatcom County, WA like 2 hours from where I grew up, how interesting and what a beautiful place to go!

[@sirwolf3617]

My uncle genuinely has a picture with the guy. I've never met him. Didn't really know who he was growing up. But when I got older I read an article and started to do some research. The guy was insane but he wanted to be free. So he did what he had to. Kinda cool.

[@mariusgabrielc.pioquid4984]

Please cover the story of A340 F-WWCJ (sesrch it up on wiki)

[@Mumahid313]

For his sheer luck, the plane had enough fuel To go to turkey

[@dimiturml]

I would not call it luck. He was a fighter pilot, he new his stuff. If he managed to start the plane and steal it, he knew that the plane was fuled up and ready.

[@_mpwp_]

My dad went to an airshow once, and he said he saw him

[@liamaquino9743]

Bro has his top priorities first

[@TheOtherAviationGuy]

Bro nobody is talking about the stolen Mig 15 story he went over and how they both kinda relate

[@kaantopuz937]

this was the first time America had seen a mig 29, Russia demanded they return the jet which America did but only after fully dismantling and inventorying every part.

[@galexeqe]

Defected in 89 He only had to wait 2 more years and then he wouldn't have been shot

[@mig25foxbat73]

Once a traitor always a traitor.

[@Theboyoking]

That’s an insanely dumb thought process lmaoooooo

[@vram6887]

Spoken like a true Cod campaign russian

[@MagikSpellzz]

Didn't ask. Nobody did.

[@bmblushi]

communist

[@mig25foxbat73]

@@Theboyoking maybe you consider the Rosenberg couple as heroes.

[@alexsandrsilionov7866]

As a reminder he didn't also leave his country but as well abandoning his family and everything he had back in the soviet union

[@KrappyPants]

I know he tried grieving the lobby

[@Techlifeandmore]

This guy is a total fucking bad ass!

[@gnas1897]

@@Techlifeandmore and a traitor

[@Techlifeandmore]

@@gnas1897 So? What does that matter? He is still a fucking badass.

[@alexmaine2922]

As Russian, I’m proud for him

[@Redbird_]

You proud of a traitor?

[@alexmaine2922]

Not a traitor, rather a free guy, guy who had enough to live in a dictatorship country

[@GSxxx_Gxxsz]

Wow nice English, I tried learning Russian but I quit since the spelling was hard to understand

[@ufukpolat3480]

​@@alexmaine2922it's not upto insignificant worms like you to decide what's justified or not.

[@BeamNG.enjoyer]

​​@@alexmaine2922 Ussr=dictatorship country💀

[@tango-1vs9]

Also, Soviets wanted the aircraft from us(Turkey) but we called engineers from US to look at the aircraft, then we give it back.

[@danishsayyed5509]

He really made his crew says : snore mimimimimimimi snore mimimimimimimi

[@MahiAviation]

Sounds like something a Florida Man would try

[@nanohana2973]

Salute to this brave warrior for standing out to fight for his freedom

[@riza4086]

Im guessing he questioned what general comrad was preaching about. So he had to leave before being suspected and sent to the gulogs.

[@1985_Honda_CRX_Si]

"this tastes different, did you- you put something different innit?"

[@davidelliott5843]

It’s a surprise the KGB/FSB didn’t find him and fall him out of a high window.

[@AveryTheProtogen_YT]

Escape from tarkov? Nahhh Escape from soviet union 💀

[@msbmri24]

That man single handedly wiped out his entire tribe

[@ZebbMassiv]

Similar to my story. My father had enough of communism in 1982 so he stole an AN-2 Antek and smuggled myself my family and friends. 12 people and a dog crossed the Baltic from Gdnask to Sweden . His name was Henryk Feliks Prokop. Hero.

[@albertkarapetyan9522]

What a traitor! You would think that the government would kill his whole family for that.

[@patrick.bateman_VP]

Two years after his escape, the USSR fell in 1991.

[@KingJamie2229]

😂 turns out America had 12 already.

[@TheVeraciety]

Bro earned the right to live in San Diego.

[@TamaraCarlisle-lavishmum]

We got a mig 15 hijacking before gta 6 bruh

[@williamhunt6439]

Invited the entire regiment to his house…… mmmmm.

[@Ba1T]

Hits table on the way down.

[@vincentandhimi6990]

That man looks like my father...

[@peterrodriguez2429]

Soviet Soldier: I need to Jet up outta here 😂

[@andrewflores227]

He went all the way from Russia just to end up in San Diego lmao

[@blueyedevil2117]

I wonder what they were teaching that lead to him saying he’s an American when landing in Turkey.

[@Kylie_Fox-77]

probably this will inspire a north korea pilot to do the same thing

[@deimos9]

this same story also happened in North and South Korea

[@clvyboipvrti8523]

Bro thought it was fort zancudo😂

[@frankthespank]

He used the tranquilizers he was “prescribed” by the military “doctors” in that cake (the frosting) that they gave him when he started asking the “wrong” questions. They wanted to shut him up but couldn’t just fire or reprimand him because he was part of the communist party and married to the daughter of a highly ranked official in the military. Alexander Zuyev’s book is called “Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot's Escape from the Soviet Empire” and it should be made into a movie… Sadly, he died in a small plane crash which the KGB took credit for 🙄 Rest In Peace Alexander Zuyev. 🌸

[@panathaninf]

What a jerk, I bet half of his regiment would like to also leave, but after his escape, the new security measures would prohibit them

[@oh_no7938]

Who let bro cook💀

[@minhhuynguyen1474]

Soviet KGB was : BLYATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[@teesman61]

He fed a cake to an entire regiment? 🙄

[@youtubechangemynamewhy]

A China airlines pilot sleeping while on duty, the worst part, captured on film by his copilot.

[@electricmaster23]

Sadly he only lives to 39 because he died in a plane crash.

[@SamuraiRockerstone]

>1989 I wonder what his reaction was towards the Soviet collapse that happened a few years later

[@pollyjackson-dzacchaeus1342]

idk if you've covered these or not but two raf stories a mechanic who accidently took off in a jet fighter and anther who on the 100Th anniversary of the raf stole a plane and flew it through tower bridge

[@Roman_Citizen7]

Out of all places, he entered Turkish airspace

[@niichisann]

Why is that "Out of all places"?

[@Roman_Citizen7]

@@niichisann Most “middle-eastern” countries have dangerous airspace, Turkey being one cause it borders Syria and Iraq in proximity to conflict zones, there is a higher level of airborne military traffic, UAS and the risk of proximity to airstrikes. The secondary risk is from GPS jamming.

[@Roman_Citizen7]

Also I have a feeling planes went missing there. 💥

[@gnas1897]

​@@Roman_Citizen7 Trabzon isn't close to Syria and Syria was peaceful at the time.

[@nicholasyebra1988]

Well back then it was easier to drug a whole regement

[@oligould8575]

as escape vehicles go, a MIG29 is about as good as it gets

[@neilssterling5122]

That's how good things were back then... aww...

[@oGrasshoppero]

That photo of cake did not look like it was filled with sleeping pills...that looked like man juice.

[@hammertimebaby]

Lands in Turkey and calls himself American. He was high as fk too

[@kevinwilliams0214]

That’s an amazing story and took big balls

[@bananekPLAZ]

I feel bad for him he didint know soviets would end in 2 Years and he did all of this