History & Heroes Of the Korean DMZ: 1953 to Today
King was handed over to US officials in China, the AP reported, and the cav scout is headed to Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. North Korean official media said the country had “expelled” King: “According to the investigation by a relevant organ of the DPRK, Travis King confessed that he…
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“Russian Pilot Describes Defection to Ukraine, Urges Others to Follow,” reports the Wall Street Journal about a Russian chopper pilot who defected to Ukraine in his Mi-8. He received a $500,000 reward. The article refers to an Israeli program to persuade an Arab pilot to defect with his MiG. But we think the first such…
MIG on the Beach: South Korea, 12/3/70 Army veteran Ed Willey has graciously provided this information about Dec. 3rd 1970, the day he was called out to recover the pilot of a MIG-15 reportedly “forced down” on the upper East Coast of South Korea. (He also provided flight records to confirm his service.) We found…