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As per the caption also in this photostream:

This MiG-15bis ("Red 2057", c/n 2015357) was flown to Kimpo by North Korean defector No Kum-Sok. Among the very first American pilots to fly this MiG-15 and evaluate its performance was none other than US Air Force Test Pilot Chuck Yeager. See film here: YouTube - Zeno's Warbirds - US Air Force film: 'We Flew The MiG'" The aircraft is now on exhibit at the National Museum of the US Air Force ("Air Force Museum") in Dayton, Ohio. See here: www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=275 Photo Credit: Flickr user Phil Blinkhorn [http://www.flickr.com/photos/philbky/16207909558/]

Great pic. Haven’t seen this one in the Glamorous Glennis lineup before! 👍

On September 18, 1947, the National Security Act of 1947 created the United States Air Force (USAF) as a separate military branch. The USAF traces its roots to the early 1900s and the United States Army and the Aeronautical Division of the Signal Corps. One month later, Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager would break the sound barrier flying the Bell X-1, which he named "Glamourous Glennis" after his wife.

I met Chuck Yeager in the wee hours of the morning at Burbank Airport, in an FBO. He and I were the only two people there. That was Saturday, February 8, 1986, when he piloted a Piper Cheyenne 400 LS from Burbank Airport to La Guardia Airport in New York in 5 hours, 23 minutes. The man I met was a very approachable, humble guy. I wished him luck, as we parted.