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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
No in 1953
No in 1953
No as a toddler in 1935, with his father, who was a baseball player.
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 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.
No's MiG-15 at Gimpo Airport on September 21, 1953, minutes after No's defection and arrival.
Operation Moolah
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Operation Moolah was a United States Air Force effort during the Korean War to obtain through defection a fully capable MiG-15 jet fighter, which was at the time the Soviet Union's best fighter. Commu
No Kum-sok
…CIA operative "Andy Brown" (born Arseny Yankovsky, son of Yuri Yankovsky), No received a $100,000 (equivalent to $1,203,358 in 2025) reward offered by Operation Moolah for being the first pilot to defect with an operational aircraft, which he said he never heard of prior to his defection. No explained that North Korean…
MiG-15 in the Korean War Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
MiG-15 in the Korean War Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Gun camera photo of a MiG-15 being attacked by a USAF fighter.
Gun camera photo of a MiG-15 being attacked by a USAF fighter.
MiG-15 delivered by No Kum-Sok, a defecting North Korean pilot to the US Air Force
MiG-15 delivered by No Kum-Sok, a defecting North Korean pilot to the US Air Force
SFC Furl A. Krebs loads an M16A1 cluster adapter at the FEC (Far Eastern Command) Printing Plant, Yokohama, Japan. The bomb type adapter will contain
SFC Furl A. Krebs loads an M16A1 cluster adapter at the FEC (Far Eastern Command) Printing Plant, Yokohama, Japan. The bomb type adapter will contain 22,500 psychological warfare leaflets sized 5 by 8 inches (130 mm × 200 mm).