# No Kum-sok defects with his Fagot

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Can’t imagine why he’s Kenneth H. Rowe now.  
I guess this has been known for awhile, but I just heard about it. Story of a North Korean defector. I guess I played the level in Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat 20 years ago, though.

[http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/this-florida-man-escaped-from-north-korea-in-a-mig-15-fighter-jet/ar-BBijZ4p](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/this-florida-man-escaped-from-north-korea-in-a-mig-15-fighter-jet/ar-BBijZ4p)

> **[No Kum-sok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Kum-sok)**
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> Kenneth H. Rowe (born No Kum-sok; Korean: 노금석; January 10, 1932 – December 26, 2022) was a Korean and 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. Approximately two months after the end of hostilities, he defected to South Korea in a MiG-15 aircraft, and was subsequently granted political asylum in the United States.
> No was born in Sinhung County, South Hamgyong Province, in then-Japanese occupied nort...