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On September 21, 1953 a defecting North Korea pilot No Kum-Sok flew his MiG-15bis “2057” to South Korea. Anxious to recover valuable intelligence data the aircraft under went considerable test flying. One of the test pilots was Chuck Yeager and the other was Tom Collins who is the reason for the TC on the aircraft. Eventually the US offered to return the aircraft to its rightful owners but there was no response. In 1957 the aircraft was transferred to the National Museum of the USAF for public display.