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
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.
No Kum-sok
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No Kum-sok was a North Korean–born American engineer and aviator who served as a senior lieutenant in the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force during the Korean War. Under colonial rule, No was
MiG Alley
…September the defection of a MiG-15 pilot (with his aircraft) enabled US pilots to assess their erstwhile opponent at first hand. The MiG that Lieutenant No Kum-sok flew into Kimpo on September 21 was one of the later MiG-15SDs. More recent research by Dorr, Lake and Thompson however has claimed the actual ratio…
No in 1953
No as a toddler in 1935, with his father, who was a baseball player.
No meeting with Vice President Richard Nixon at the U.S. Capitol in May 1954.
No's MiG-15 at Gimpo Airport on September 21, 1953, minutes after No's defection and arrival.