A MiG-15 to Freedom

<p> On September 21 1953 U.S. airmen at Kimpo Air Base near Seoul Korea were startled to see landing a MiG-15 the most advanced Soviet-built fighter plane of the era piloted by Senior Lieutenant No Kum-Sok a 21-year-old North Korean Air Force officer.</p><p> Once he landed Lieutenant No found that his mother had escaped to the South two years earlier and they were soon reunited. At his request No came to the United States and became a U.S. citizen. His story provides a unique insight into how North Korea conducted the Korean War and how he came to the decision to leave his homeland. </p>