Korean People's Army Air Force
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Korean People's Army Air Force |
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 Flag of the Air Force of the Korean People's Army |
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| Lineup | 1945 |
| Country |
 North Korea
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| Armed forces | Korean People's Army |
| Type | Armed forces ( air forces ) |
| Strength | approx. 86,000 soldiers |
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| Commander in chief | General Ri Pyong-chol |
The Air Force of the Korean People's Army (조선 인민군 항공 및 반항 공군, English : Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force ) is a branch of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea .
history
The North Korean Air Force began as the Korean Aviation Society in 1945 . They were organized along the lines of the aviation clubs in the Soviet Union . In 1946 the company became a military organization and an aviation division of the Korean People's Army . In November 1948 it became an independent military service . The North Korean air force built much of the original Soviet air tactics and the North Korean experience from the UN - bombing during the Korean War .
The North Korean Air Force was also deployed abroad. During the Vietnam War , a fighter squadron was sent to North Vietnam . Kim Il-sung is reported to have told the North Korean pilots to "fight in war as if the Vietnamese sky were their own".
On April 15, 1969, the North Korean Air Force's MiG-21 shot down a Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star in international airspace over the Sea of Japan .
In 1973, a North Korean MiG-21 fleet was sent to Bir Arida to aid in the defense of South Egypt during the Yom Kippur War .
From 1990 to 1991 North Korea operated four advanced air force bases near the DMZ .
Lineup
It is estimated that the 86,000-strong air force has around 650 combat aircraft . There are 35 MiG-29s , including about ten from the 9.13 series. There are also 46 MiG-23ML , around 160 MiG-21PF and PFM, 30 MiG-21bis, around 130 F-7 and around 110 MiG-19 or their Chinese derivative F-6. There are also around 50 Ilyushin Il-28 and H-5 front bombers , 30 Su-7BMK fighter -bombers and 35 Su-25K attack aircraft .
The air defense ranges from stationary S-75 Wolchow and their Chinese replicas HQ-2 (SA-2) to S-125 Neva (SA-3), a few S-200 Wega (SA-5) to mobile complexes 2K11 Krug (SA-4), 2K12 Kub (SA-6). There is a large proportion of portable air defense systems, ranging from the Strela-2 to all versions of the Igla .
For example, the Air Force is stationed at Ch'ŏngjin Airport.
Aircraft
Last updated 2012
- 107 Shenyang F-5 (copy of MiG-17)
- 98 Shenyang F-6 (copy of the MiG-19)
- 120 Shenyang F-7 (copy of MiG-21-F-13)
- 80 Harbin H-5 (copy of Il-28)
- 26 Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-21PF, PFM / bis (NATO code name "Fishbed")
- 56 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML ("Flogger")
- 35 Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-29A / S, Series 9.13 ("Fulcrum")
- 18 Sukhoi Su-7BMK ("Fitter")
- 34 Sukhoi Su-25K ("Frogfoot")
Air defense systems
- S-75 "Volkhov" and HQ-2 (from the PRC )
- S-125 Neva
- S-200 "Wega"
- 2K11 pitcher
- 2K12 cub
- 9K32 Strela-2
- 9K35 Strela-10
- 9K38 Igla
- KN-06 (comparable to earlier versions of S-300 )
Military airfields
- Changjin (with underground cavern )
- Chunghwa
- Hwangju (with underground cavern)
- Hwangsuwon-ni
- Hyesan
- Hyon-ni (with underground cavern)
- Kaech'on (with underground cavern)
- Kanch'on
- Kilchu
- Koksan (with underground cavern)
- Kowon
- Kwail / Pungchon (with underground cavern)
- Sungam Ni military airfield
- Mirim
- Onchon (with underground cavern, 38 ° 54 ′ 30 ″ N , 125 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E )
- Orang
- Pakhon
- Panghyon / Naamsi
- Pukch'ang (with underground cavern)
- Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (with underground cavern)
- Samjangkol
- Samjiyon
- Sondok
- Sunchon (with underground cavern)
- Taechon (with underground cavern)
- Taetan (with underground cavern)
- Toksan (with underground cavern)
- Uiju (with underground cavern)
- Wonsan (with an underground cavern disguised as a motorway tunnel)
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul M. Edwards: Historical Dictionary of the Korean War . 2nd Edition. Scarecrow Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-7461-9 , pp. 151 .
- ↑ Richard Bennett: Missiles and madness. In: Asia Times. August 18, 2006, Retrieved November 13, 2019 (Japanese).
- ^ Franz-Stefan Gady: War of the Dragons: Why North Korea Does Not Trust China. In: The Diplomat. September 29, 2017, accessed November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Caroline Gluck: N Korea admits Vietnam was role July 7, 2001. In: BBC News. March 8, 2008, accessed November 13, 2019 .
- ^ N Korea in 'US spy plane' warning. In: BBC News. June 11, 2006, accessed November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Dario Leone: An unknown story from the Yom Kippur war: Israeli F-4s vs North Korean MiG-21s. In: The Aviationist. June 24, 2013, accessed November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ World Air Forces 2013 ( en , PDF; 4.0 MB) In: Flightglobal Insight . 2013. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved on April 12, 2013.
- ↑ https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/kn-06/
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