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Multiple Mig Pilots, such as Victor Belenko, Munir Redfa, and No Kum-sok, defected to the West with their planes. Did Western pilots defect to the Eastern Bloc, and what motivated such defections?

by /u/Serial-Killer-Whale in /r/AskHistorians

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