Laohushao Hydroelectric Power Station, also known as Weiyuan Hydroelectric Power Station (North Korea). Located in the middle of the Yalu River, the border river between China and North Korea, 60 kilometers southwest of Ji'an City, it is the second level of the cascade power station jointly built by China and North Korea on the Yalu River. Its upstream is Yunfeng Power Station and its downstream is Shuifeng Power Station. The power plant is jointly invested and owned by China and North Korea, and the North Korean side is responsible for design, construction, operation and management. It was built in 1978. The first unit produced electricity in 1986 and all units started generating electricity in 1991. The installed capacity is 65,000 kilowatts, the annual electricity production is 1.2 billion kilowatt hoursand the annual usage is 3,000 hours.
At 7:55 a.m. on April 12, 1953, McConnell flew an F-86 fighter to bomb more than 30 American F-84s toward the Shuifeng Power Plant . The fighter-bomber escort encountered 12 Soviet-made MiG-15 jet fighters from the 45th Regiment of the 15th Air Division of the Chinese People's Volunteer Air Force. The F-86 they were driving was hit by Chinese Air Force pilot Jiang Daoping, and. several 23 mm artillery shells were hit on the fuselage. He then parachuted over the Yellow Sea to escape and was rescued by an H-19 rescue helicopter from the US Marine Air Rescue Corps' Third Rescue Group. On April 24, 1953, McConnell returned to the battlefield in “Beautiful Butch 2.”
On June 1, 1953, in order to maintain morale, the U.S. Air Force authorized the Far East Commander to sendr McConnell, the “three-material chief pilot” who had flown 106 combat missions. missions, returned to the United States and became a household name, Hollywood also shot the feature film "McConnell Biography" for him.