Acquire, Access, Exploit

A $100,000 check, made out to North Korean defector, Lt. No Kum-Sok, was the reward for flying a MiG-15 jet fighter into the hands of the U.S. Air Force on the morning of September 21, 1953 to South Korea. No flew his Mikoyan-Gurevich fighter from Sunan airfield near Pyongyang, North Korea to the Kimpo Air Base in South Korea, after landing he requested asylum and turned the fighter over to USAF personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

PHOTO BY: Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson
VIRIN: 160422-F-BP133-090.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON D4

LENS

24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8

APERTURE

45/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/40

ISO

640

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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