Chodo Airport
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Ch'o do Airport is an airport in Ch'odo island, Hanggu-guyok, Nampo, South Pyongan Province, North Korea.
A 3d Air Rescue Squadron H-19 from Chodo rescues ace Captain Joseph C. McConnell on 12 April 1953.
MiG Alley
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"MiG Alley" was the name given by United Nations pilots during the Korean War to the northwestern portion of North Korea, where the Yalu River empties into the Yellow Sea. It was the site of numerous
Chodo Airport
…on the island from January 1952. Cho-do was regarded as an ideal forward operating base particularly for the rescue of pilots of F-86s damaged over MiG Alley as the F-86 could usually glide to an ejection location near Chodo, often the rescue forces would have to wait for the damaged F-86 to arrive at the…
MiG-15 delivered by a defecting North Korean pilot to the US Air Force.
F-86A-5-NA Sabre 49-1223. This aircraft served with the 335th F-I Squadron, 4th F-IW in Korea. It was shot down by MiGs near Wonsan on February 3, 1952; the pilot ejected.
No. 77 Squadron pilots and their Meteors at Kunsan, South Korea, June 1954.
Gun camera strip showing Soviet MiG-15 over Korea, April 1953.