Kore Halk Ordusu Hava Kuvvetleri
The Korean People’s Army Air Force is North Korea’s air arm: dated by Pyongyang to November 1945, wiped out within two months of invading the South in 1950, rebuilt with Soviet and Chinese jets, and today a large but largely obsolete force — about 550 combat aircraft in the IISS count quoted by Japan’s Ministry of Defense, only a few dozen of them MiG-29s and Su-25s — that since 2023 has added copied drones, a home-built Il-76 radar plane and, in Kim Jong Un’s words of November 2025, a role in "the nuclear war deterrent".
The Korean People’s Army Air Force story: destroyed in 1950, pilots sent to Vietnam and a nuclear role
1945–1950: from a flying society to an air force
North Korea dates its air force to November 1945, the month of the 80th anniversary Kim Jong Un marked at Wonsan in 2025. What existed then was a "Korean Aviation Society" organised on the Soviet flying-club model, according to Wikipedia’s account; it became an aviation division of the Korean People’s Army in 1946 and, in November 1948, a branch of the armed forces in its own right. Korean Wikipedia dates the reorganisation as the Korean People’s Army Air Force to 20 August 1947. The aircraft were Soviet: piston-engined Yak-9 fighters and Il-10 attack aircraft, 93 Il-10s and trainer variants in all by Wikipedia’s count. The pilots were the weakness. Soviet reports from May 1950, as quoted by the historian Douglas Dildy and cited by Wikipedia, counted only 32 of 120 pilots as fit for combat.
1950–1953: destroyed in weeks, rebuilt behind MiG Alley
The air force flew in support of the invasion of the South from 25 June 1950 and was used up almost at once. Soviet sources cited by Wikipedia say it had stopped operating by 10 August and was finished off by a US Navy strike on 22 August; Wikipedia, drawing on Dildy, credits it with only three US aircraft shot down in air combat, a B-29, an L-4 and an L-5. The jet war that followed was mostly fought by others. The Soviet 64th Fighter Aviation Corps flew MiG-15s from Manchuria from 1 November 1950, officially never in the war, alongside the Chinese air force; North Korean units trained on the MiG-15 and flew within a joint command. Claims from that war still do not agree: US Sabre pilots claimed 792 MiGs for 78 Sabres lost, and the Soviet corps claimed 1,097 UN aircraft.
1953–1973: Soviet and Chinese jets, and pilots sent abroad
After the armistice of 27 July 1953, which ended the fighting without a peace treaty, the air force rebuilt. GlobalSecurity, summarising older US sources, records MiG-19s and the first surface-to-air missiles in 1961–62 and MiG-21s after 1965; China supplied licence-built copies, and the J-5, J-6 and J-7 families still make up much of the inventory. North Korea also sent its pilots abroad. From late 1966 two MiG-17 companies and one MiG-21 company served in North Vietnam: the historian Merle Pribbenow counts 87 air force personnel there between 1967 and early 1969, who claimed 26 American aircraft and lost 14 men. In 1973 a MiG-21 unit went to Bir Arida in Egypt, and met Israeli F-4s.
Defectors, spy planes and a force built to hide
The air force has also been a source of defectors. No Kum-sok flew a MiG-15 from Sunan to Kimpo on 21 September 1953, two months after the armistice, and was paid the $100,000 the United States had offered for one. Lee Ung-pyong landed a MiG-19 at Suwon on 25 February 1983, and Wikipedia lists further defections with Chinese-built fighters in 1960 and 1996. The most serious Cold War clash came on 15 April 1969, when North Korean MiG-21s shot down a US Navy EC-121M reconnaissance aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 aboard; Pyongyang said it had intruded into its airspace, Washington that it was in international airspace. The force was built to survive a first strike: according to GlobalSecurity’s summary of US sources, much of it is dispersed, hardened or underground.
1990–2022: a large air force that stopped growing
The last new combat types were Soviet: MiG-23s, Su-25s and a small number of MiG-29s delivered in the late 1980s. After the Soviet Union collapsed the fleet stopped growing and began to age. Japan’s 2025 Defense White Paper, citing the IISS, counts about 550 combat aircraft and calls most of them obsolete Chinese or Soviet types; South Korea’s 2010 Defence White Paper had counted about 920. Estimates for the MiG-29 fleet run from 18 (IISS, via Japan) to 35 (FlightGlobal, via Wikipedia). The IISS observed in 2020 that Kim Jong Un’s personal attention could not by itself meet the need to recapitalise the combat fleet. What did arrive came around sanctions: Wikipedia’s sources record MD 500 helicopters and New Zealand-built P-750 light aircraft obtained illegally. In September 2016 Wonsan staged the country’s first international air festival, with MiG-29s and Su-25s flying for foreign visitors.
2023–2026: drones, a radar plane, Russia and a nuclear role
Since 2023 the air force has changed faster than at any time since the 1980s. In July 2023, with Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu in Pyongyang, North Korea showed the Saetbyol-4 and Saetbyol-9, near copies of the US Global Hawk and Reaper drones. Kim Jong Un toured the Su-35 and Su-57 factory at Komsomolsk-on-Amur in September 2023. An Il-76 fitted with a triangular fixed radome, first seen on satellite images in late 2023, was shown flying in March 2025 as an airborne early warning aircraft. In December 2024 the US Indo-Pacific commander said Russia would supply MiG-29s and Su-27s in return for North Korean troops; no delivery had been confirmed in the sources checked by September 2026. On 28 November 2025 Kim told the air force it would receive "new strategic military assets" and a role in nuclear deterrence.
The Korean People’s Army Air Force in numbers
Hizmet
- Yerli isim
- 조선인민군 공군Chosŏn inmin’gun konggun, "Korean People’s Army Air Force". From about 2012 the service was styled 조선인민군 항공 및 반항공군 (Air and Anti-Air Force); English Wikipedia, citing South Korea’s 2022 Defence White Paper, says the shorter name returned in April 2022, while Korean Wikipedia still uses the longer one. KCNA’s November 2025 reports speak simply of the Air Force
- Kurulan
- November 1945 (North Korean dating)Pyongyang marked the 80th anniversary on 28 November 2025. The Korean Aviation Society of 1945 became an aviation division of the army in 1946; Korean Wikipedia dates the Korean People’s Army Air Force to 20 August 1947, and it became a separate branch in November 1948
- Bir parçası
- Korean People’s ArmyOne of the services of the Korean People’s Army under the Supreme Commander, Kim Jong Un. It also runs the national air defence network of guns and surface-to-air missiles
- Merkez Ofis
- PyongyangLocation of the command headquarters as given by Wikipedia; North Korea publishes no organisational detail
- Komutan
- Gen. Kim Kwang-hyok (last reported)Promoted general on 14 April 2022; appointment date not published, and his continuation in 2026 not confirmed
- Organizasyon
- Regional air commands and air divisionsIn 1992 three regional air combat commands (north-west, north-east and south), by 1996 six air divisions under the national air command, according to GlobalSecurity’s summary of older US sources; no current organisation has been published
Kuvvet
- Personel
- About 110,000 (estimate)South Korean Defence White Paper figure (2010 edition) as cited by Korean Wikipedia and the figure used by English Wikipedia; GlobalSecurity gives about 70,000 for 1992. The 2022 and later South Korean white papers could not be read (the ministry site blocks automated access)
- Savaş uçağı
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- About 550 in all (IISS, cited by Japan’s Ministry of Defense, 2025)
- MiG-29 — 18–35 (estimates differ)
- MiG-23 — 56
- Su-25 — 34–38
- MiG-21, J-7, J-6, J-5 and Su-7 — several hundred older types
- H-5 (Il-28) bombers — about 80
All figures are foreign estimates. South Korea’s 2010 white paper counted about 920 combat aircraft and the US Department of Defense 730 in 2012; the lower modern figure reflects retirements and a different counting method as much as real change
- Ulaşım ve özel görevler
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- An-2 — about 270 or more (estimate)
- Il-76 airborne early warning conversion — 1
- P-750 XSTOL — 3, imported in breach of sanctions
The An-2s are meant to carry special forces; Japan’s white paper notes the fleet as obsolete
- Helikopterler
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- Mi-2 and Harbin Z-5 — about 48 each
- MD 500 — about 84, obtained illegally in the 1980s
- Mi-8/Mi-17, Mi-24, Mi-14 and Mi-26 — small numbers
IISS Military Balance 2024 as tabulated by Wikipedia; South Korea’s 2010 white paper counted about 300 helicopters
- Eğitmenler
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- FT-5 (JJ-5) — about 135
- FT-2 (MiG-15UTI) — about 30
Figures as tabulated by Wikipedia from the IISS. Pilots are reported to fly far less than Western pilots; no published figure was verified
- Drone'lar
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- Saetbyol-4 (Global Hawk look-alike)
- Saetbyol-9 (Reaper look-alike)
- Kamikaze drones ordered into mass production, November 2024
Numbers unknown. Which service operates each drone type is not published. Ukraine’s military intelligence chief said in June 2025 that Russia had agreed to help North Korea build Geran (Shahed-type) drones; not confirmed by either government
Altyapı
- Hava üsleri
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- Sunan (Pyongyang) — shared with the international airport
- Sunchon — MiG-29 and Su-25
- Wonsan Kalma — 80th anniversary display, 2025
- Kaechon, Hwangju, Koksan, Onchon, Uiju, Samjiyon and others
Named in reporting on the 2020 Sunchon inspection, the 2025 anniversary and a 2013 base map published by The Aviationist; no official list exists
- Underground and hardened shelters
- Extensive (US assessment)"The DPRK houses a large percentage of its military industries, aircraft hangars, repair facilities, ammunition, fuel stores, and even air defense missiles underground or in hardened shelters" — GlobalSecurity’s summary of US sources; details are for the stations page
- Hava savunması
- S-75, S-125, S-200 and home-built Pongae-5 and Pyoljji-1-2The Soviet-era systems remain the backbone; 38 North found no substantial evidence of wide deployment of the newer systems by July 2024
- Air shows
- One international festival, 2016The Wonsan International Friendship Air Festival was held at Kalma in September 2016; the 2017 edition was cancelled
How the Korean People’s Army Air Force is organised
An air force command in Pyongyang under the Supreme Commander, Kim Jong Un, which also runs the national air defence network. North Korea publishes no organisation: the three regional air combat commands and six air divisions given here come from older US sources for 1992 and 1996, as summarised by GlobalSecurity. According to the same sources, much of the force is dispersed, hardened or underground. The Korean War ended with the armistice of 27 July 1953, not a peace treaty.
Air force command
In Pyongyang, as given by Wikipedia; the air force is one of the services of the Korean People’s Army under the Supreme Commander, Kim Jong Un, and also runs the national air defence network. Gen. Kim Kwang-hyok is the last reported commander, promoted general on 14 April 2022; North Korea does not publish its command appointments.
First Air Combat Command
Reported headquarters at Kaechon, according to GlobalSecurity’s summary of older US sources, which describe three regional air combat commands in 1992; no current organisation has been published.
Second Air Combat Command
Reported headquarters at Toksan on the east coast, on the same older US sources.
Third Air Combat Command
Reported headquarters at Hwangju, facing the demilitarised zone, on the same older US sources.
Transport and training divisions
English Wikipedia’s organisation table places a transport division headquarters at Sondok, Hamhung’s airport, and describes the Eighth Air Division at Orang, reported by GlobalSecurity, as a training division.
Air defence network
The Soviet-era S-75, S-125 and S-200 missiles remain the backbone; 38 North found no substantial evidence of wide deployment of the home-built Pongae-5 and Pyoljji-1-2 by July 2024.
What the Korean People’s Army Air Force flies today
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| Türü | Rol | Hizmette | O zamandan beri | Birimler | Notlar | |
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| Mikoyan MiG-29 FulcrumHizmette | Hava üstünlüğü savaş uçağı | 1989 | Estimates differ: 18 (IISS, cited in Japan’s 2025 Defense White Paper) or 35 (FlightGlobal World Air Forces 2023, cited by Wikipedia). | |||
| Sukhoi Su-25K/UBK FrogfootHizmette | Yer saldırısı | 34 in the IISS Military Balance 2024 as tabulated by Wikipedia; about 38 according to FlightGlobal, cited by The War Zone in December 2025. | ||||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML/MF FloggerHizmette | Savaşçı | 56 | 56 in both the IISS figure cited by Japan’s Ministry of Defense (2025) and Wikipedia’s table. | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F/PFM/bis FishbedHizmette | Savaşçı | 26 | 26 in Wikipedia’s table (IISS 2024). Wikipedia’s MiG-21 operators list says at least 200 were delivered over the years, including 30 built in China. | |||
| Chengdu F-7 (J-7)Hizmette | Savaşçı | 30 | 30 in Wikipedia’s table (IISS 2024). | |||
| Shenyang F-6 (J-6) and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 FarmerHizmette | Savaşçı | 97 | 1961 | 97 F-6 in Wikipedia’s table (IISS 2024). | ||
| Shenyang F-5 (J-5) and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 FrescoHizmette | Savaşçı | 106 | 106 F-5 fighters in Wikipedia’s table (IISS 2024), plus about 135 FT-5 trainers. | |||
| Sukhoi Su-7BMK FitterHizmette | Avcı-bombardıman uçağı | 18 | 18 in Wikipedia’s table (IISS 2024); whether any still fly is not known. | |||
| Harbin H-5 and Ilyushin Il-28 BeagleHizmette | Hafif bombardıman uçağı | 80 | About 80 in Wikipedia’s table (IISS 2024). | |||
| Ilyushin Il-76 airborne early warning conversionHizmette | Havadan erken uyarı | 1 | 2025 | One known airframe. | ||
| Antonov An-2 ColtHizmette | Light transport, special forces insertion | About 270 or more in Wikipedia’s table; a foreign estimate, and many may be Chinese-built Y-5s. | ||||
| Pacific Aerospace P-750 XSTOLHizmette | Hizmet taşımacılığı | 3 | 2016 | 3 in Wikipedia’s table. | ||
| Mil Mi-8/Mi-17 KalçaHizmette | Nakliye helikopteri | Wikipedia’s table gives a figure under 50; not independently confirmed. | ||||
| Mil Mi-24 HindHizmette | Saldırı helikopteri | 20 | About 20 in Wikipedia’s table. | |||
| Mil Mi-2 and Harbin Z-5 (Mi-4)Hizmette | Hafif ve genel amaçlı helikopterler | About 48 of each in Wikipedia’s table. | ||||
| Hughes/MD Helicopters MD 500Hizmette | Hafif helikopter | 84 | 84 in Wikipedia’s table, which cites War Is Boring (2017) for how they were smuggled in. | |||
| Saetbyol-4 and Saetbyol-9 dronesHizmette | Reconnaissance and strike drones | 2023 | Sayılar bilinmiyor. | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 and FT-2 (MiG-15UTI)Hizmette | Fighter, later trainer | 30 | 1950 | About 30 FT-2 and a few MiG-15UTI trainers remain in Wikipedia’s table; the fighters are retired. |
Sipariş üzerine
| Türü | Sipariş edildi | İlk teslimat | Notlar | |
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| Mikoyan MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-27 (reported Russian transfer)Sipariş üzerine | Not a confirmed order. Adm.
DahaSamuel Paparo, commander of US Indo-Pacific Command, said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in December 2024 that Russia would give North Korea MiG-29s and Su-27s in return for troops sent to fight Ukraine. Neither government confirmed it, and no delivery had been reported in the sources checked by September 2026. |
Every type the Korean People’s Army Air Force has retired
10 types, from the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa and Tachikawa Ki-54 to the Ilyushin Il-10 Beast. Zirve rakamları, herhangi bir tarihteki filo gücünü değil, tüm hizmet ömrü boyunca teslim alınan uçak gövdelerini ifade eder.
| Türü | Rol | Doruğa ulaşmak | Servis edildi | Yerine şu geçti: | Notlar | |
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| Ilyushin Il-10 Beast | Yer saldırısı | 93 | MiG-15, Il-28 | 93 Il-10s and UIl-10 trainers delivered in the late 1940s (Wikipedia). | ||
| Yakovlev Yak-9 Frank | Savaşçı | MiG-15 | ||||
| Polikarpov Po-2 | Trainer and night harassment | |||||
| Tupolev Tu-2 | Bombacı | Il-28 | ||||
| Lavochkin La-9 and La-11 | Savaşçı | |||||
| Yakovlev Yak-11 ve Yak-18 | Eğitmen | |||||
| Aero L-39 Albatros | Jet eğitim uçağı | |||||
| Nanchang A-5 | Yer saldırısı | |||||
| Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa and Tachikawa Ki-54 | Ex-Japanese aircraft | 1945– | ||||
| Mil Mi-1 and Mi-4 | Helikopterler | Mi-8, Z-5 |
Where the Korean People’s Army Air Force flies from
Siyah işaretler aktif üsleri, içi boş işaretler ise kapanmış havaalanlarını temsil eder. North Korea publishes no aeronautical information publication that could be reached, and the only published positions are not reliable enough to use, so none of the 12 airfields listed here has a pin. Wonsan Kalma, the base most outsiders have seen, held the 2016 air festival and the 80th anniversary display of November 2025; Mirim in Pyongyang is now a parade training ground. Entries with no published aerodrome data carry no pin.
| Temel | ICAO | Durum | Pist | Birimler ve uçaklar |
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| HwangjuNorth Hwanghae Province (Hwanghae-bukto) | Aktif |
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| KaechonSouth Pyongan Province (P’yŏngan-namdo) | Aktif |
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| OrangNorth Hamgyong Province (Hamgyŏng-bukto) | ZKHM | Aktif | ||
| PukchangSouth Pyongan Province (P’yŏngan-namdo) | Aktif |
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| Pyongyang SunanPyongyang International AirportPyongyang | ZKPY | Aktif |
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| SondokSouth Hamgyong Province (Hamgyŏng-namdo) | ZKSD | Aktif | ||
| SunchonSouth Pyongan Province (P’yŏngan-namdo) | ZKSC | Aktif |
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| TaetanSouth Hwanghae Province (Hwanghae-namdo) | Aktif | |||
| ToksanEast coast (province not confirmed) | Aktif | |||
| UijuNorth Pyongan Province (P’yŏngan-bukto) | ZKUJ | Aktif |
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| Wonsan Kalma HavalimanıKangwon Eyaleti (Kangwon-do) | ZKWS | Aktif |
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| MirimPyongyang | Kapalı |
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Who is stationed where in the Korean People’s Army Air Force
Flying units by base, current units first, as far as they are known. Unit designations are rarely published: most entries name only the aircraft seen or reported at a base, such as the MiG-29s and Su-25s shown at Sunchon in 2020 and the H-5 bombers reported back at Uiju in August 2024. American units that flew from North Korean fields in 1950 are listed too, each marked as such.
- Korean People’s Army Air Force display and anniversary unitsAir force units (not identified) · active
- MiG-29 Fulcrum, Su-25 Frogfoot, MiG-21bis Fishbed, MiG-23 Flogger, Mi-8T Hip, Hughes/MD 500E
- Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (US Marine Corps)1950–1950
- F4U Corsair
- Il-76 airborne early warning aircraftAirborne early warning · active
- Ilyushin Il-76 AEW conversion
- Korean People’s Army Air Force MiG-15 unit
- MiG-15bis
- MiG-29 fighter unitSavaş uçağı birimi · aktif
- MiG-29 Fulcrum
- Su-25 ground-attack unitGround-attack unit · active
- Su-25K/UBK Frogfoot
- Air and Anti-Air Force Unit 447Air force unit (role not published) · active
- MiG-23 Flogger (reported), MiG-29 Fulcrum (reported)
- 1st Flight Brigade (Korean People’s Army Air Force)
- MiG-19 / Shenyang F-6
- Fighter regimentSavaşçı alayı · aktif
- MiG-21 (reported)
- Bomber regimentLight bomber regiment · active
- Harbin H-5 (Il-28)
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Korean People’s Army Air Force milestones, 1914 to today
November: the Korean Aviation Society is formed; North Korea dates its air force to this month.
20 August: reorganised as the Korean People’s Army Air Force, according to Korean Wikipedia.
November: becomes a separate branch of the armed forces.
25 June: flies in support of the invasion of the South. By 22 August it has ceased to exist as a fighting force, according to Soviet sources. 1 November: Soviet MiG-15s enter the war.
27 July: armistice, with no peace treaty. 21 September: No Kum-sok defects to Kimpo in a MiG-15.
MiG-19 fighters and the first surface-to-air missiles arrive (1961–62); MiG-21s follow after 1965.
21 September: North Vietnam accepts North Korean pilots; MiG-17 and MiG-21 companies serve there until early 1969.
15 April: MiG-21s shoot down a US Navy EC-121M over the Sea of Japan; all 31 aboard are killed.
A MiG-21 unit deploys to Bir Arida, Egypt, and meets Israeli F-4s.
25 February: Capt. Lee Ung-pyong lands a MiG-19 at Suwon.
The first MiG-29s arrive from the Soviet Union (year per Wikipedia), after MiG-23s and Su-25s earlier in the 1980s.
March: MiG-29s and a MiG-23 intercept a US RC-135S over the Sea of Japan.
September: the Wonsan International Friendship Air Festival, the first and so far only one, at Kalma.
April: the service name returns to Korean People’s Army Air Force (South Korean white paper, via Wikipedia). 14 April: Kim Kwang-hyok promoted general.
27 July: Saetbyol-4 and -9 drones shown to Sergei Shoigu. 15 September: Kim Jong Un tours the Komsomolsk-on-Amur fighter factory.
November: Kim orders mass production of kamikaze drones. December: the US Indo-Pacific commander says Russia will supply MiG-29s and Su-27s.
March: the Il-76 early warning aircraft is shown flying. 15 May: live-fire drills with new air-to-air missiles. 28 November: 80th anniversary at Wonsan Kalma; Kim assigns the air force a nuclear deterrence role.
Kore Halk Ordusu Hava Kuvvetlerinin katıldığı her savaş
Kayıtlarda belirtilen yerlerde sorti ve kayıplar, belirtilmeyen yerlerde ise boş bırakılmıştır.
- Kore Savaşı 1950–1953 Supported the invasion of the South with piston aircraft, was destroyed by August 1950, then rebuilt on MiG-15s under a joint command with Chinese and Soviet air units
- Vietnam Savaşı 1966–1969 Sent fighter pilots and ground crew to fly North Vietnamese MiG-17s and MiG-21s under the Vietnamese Air Defence-Air Force Command
- EC-121'in düşürülmesi 1969 Two MiG-21s intercepted a US Navy EC-121M signals-intelligence aircraft and one shot it down with air-to-air missiles
- Yom Kippur Savaşı ve sonrası 1973 A North Korean MiG-21 unit based at Bir Arida defended southern Egypt
- Güney Kore üzerinde insansız hava aracı saldırıları 2022 Five North Korean drones crossed the border on 26 December 2022; one entered the northern edge of the no-fly zone around the South Korean president’s office
Who built the Korean People’s Army Air Force fleet
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Mevcut filo ve siparişler
Mikoyan, Mil, Sukhoi, Harbin, İlyushin, Shenyang, Antonov, Çengdu, Hughes, MD Helikopterleri, Pasifik Havacılık ve Uzay
Eski filo
Yakovlev, Aero Vodochody, Lavochkin, Nakajima, Nanchang, Polikarpov, Tupolev
Korean People’s Army Air Force news from Afterburner
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Everything people ask about the Korean People’s Army Air Force
Kuzey Kore hava kuvvetlerinin Korece adı nedir?
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Kuzey Kore hangi savaş uçaklarını kullanıyor?
Kuzey Koreli pilotlar Vietnam Savaşı'nda savaştılar mı?
Kuzey Koreli pilotlar İsrail'e karşı savaştı mı?
Kuzey Kore 1969'da EC-121 uçağını neden düşürdü?
Kuzey Koreli pilotlar uçaklarıyla birlikte iltica mı ettiler?
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Her bilgi kontrol edildi.
- The World (PRI): Florida man escaped North Korea in a MiG-15 fighter jet (13 March 2015)Interview; $100,000 reward; later name Kenneth Rowe.
- Denizcilik Tarihi ve Mirası Komutanlığı: H-Gram 029-2, EC-121 uçağının düşürülmesiABD Donanması açıklaması: MiG-21'ler, AA-2 Atoll, kıyıdan yaklaşık 80 deniz mili açıkta, Görev Gücü 71.
- Wilson Center: Merle Pribbenow, Vietnam Seferlerinde Kuzey Koreli Pilotlar (1 Aralık 2011)Giap'ın onayı 21 Eylül 1966; 87 personel; 26 tazminat talebi; 14 ölü; geri dönüş 2002.
- Havacılık Uzmanı: Yom Kippur Savaşı'ndan bilinmeyen bir öykü (24 Haziran 2013)Bir Arida'da Kuzey Kore'ye ait MiG-21'ler; İsrail'e ait F-4'lerle çatışma; bir MiG, Mısır'a ait bir SAM füzesi tarafından düşürüldü.
- GlobalSecurity.org: Korean People’s Army Air ForceSummary of US sources: 1948 independence, 1961–62 MiG-19s, 1992 organisation and strength (about 1,620 aircraft, 70,000 people), underground shelters.
- IISS Military Balance blog: Haena Jo, North Korea’s air force (February 2020)Kim Jong Un’s attention to the air force does not solve the need to recapitalise the combat fleet (summary only; full text not reachable).
- Japan Ministry of Defense: Defense of Japan 2025, Part I Chapter 3 Section 4, Korean Peninsula (Japanese)Figure I-3-4-1, citing The Military Balance 2025: about 550 combat aircraft, MiG-23 x56, MiG-29 x18; most aircraft obsolete; An-2 fleet.
- 38 North: Tianran Xu, Sparrow Returns to the Peninsula: Observations on North Korea’s May 15 Air Drills (22 May 2025)MiG-29 live-fire with new AAMs; Saetbyol-9 with glide bombs.
- 38 North: Vann H. Van Diepen, New Missiles But Fewer Launches, a Missile Sub Reveal, and a Nuclear-Armed Air Force (15 January 2026)28 November 2025 80th anniversary visit; nuclear deterrent role quoted from KCNA.
- 38 North: Developments of North Korea’s Land-based Air Defense Systems (July 2024)S-75, S-125, S-200, Pongae-5, Pyoljji-1-2.
- The War Zone: Thomas Newdick, North Korea May Be Building An Early-Warning Radar Plane (15 December 2023)Planet Labs imagery of an Air Koryo Il-76 with a radome at Pyongyang.
- The War Zone: Joseph Trevithick, First North Korean Airborne Early Warning Jet Flies, Kim Shows Off Interior (26 March 2025)Il-76 AEW with triangular fixed radome shown by state media.
- The War Zone: Thomas Newdick, Analyzing North Korea’s New Air-Launched Guided Weapons (2 December 2025)80th anniversary at Wonsan Kalma on Friday 28 November 2025; about 38 Su-25 per FlightGlobal.
- The War Zone: Thomas Newdick, Russia Giving North Korea MiG-29s And Su-27s Isn’t That Straightforward (10 December 2024)Adm. Paparo’s statement at the Reagan National Defense Forum; fleet described.
- The War Zone: Thomas Newdick, Will Russia Trade Fighter Jets For North Korean Artillery Shells? (15 September 2023)Kim Jong Un at KnAAPO, Komsomolsk-on-Amur: Su-35 and Su-57.
- The War Zone: Thomas Newdick, North Korea’s Kim Orders Mass Production Of Kamikaze Drones (15 November 2024)Rodong Sinmun report of the tests and the order.
- The War Zone: Howard Altman, Russia Giving North Korea Shahed-136 Attack Drone Production Capability: Budanov (9 June 2025)Ukrainian intelligence claim, interview of 7 June 2025.
- Savaş Bölgesi: Thomas Newdick, Kuzey Kore İnsansız Hava Aracı Seul'deki Cumhurbaşkanlığı Ofisi Üzerindeki Uçuşa Yasak Bölgeye Girdi (5 Ocak 2023)26 Aralık 2022'de beş insansız hava aracıyla yapılan ihlal.
- Savaş Bölgesi: Thomas Newdick, İnsansız Hava Araçları Kuzey Kore Hava Savunmasını Aşarak Pyongyang'a Propaganda Broşürleri Attı (11 Ekim 2024)Kuzey Kore'nin iddiası ve Güney Kore Genelkurmay Başkanlığı'nın yanıtı.
- The Aviationist: North Korea Debuts New Global Hawk, Reaper Copies (1 August 2023)Saetbyol-4 and -9 shown on 27 July 2023 during Shoigu’s visit.
- The Aviationist: Rare photo of North Korean MiG-29 firing an R-60 AAM after Kim Jong Un’s visit to Sunchon Airbase (14 April 2020)MiG-29 and Su-25 at Sunchon.
- The Aviationist: David Cenciotti, Here’s the North Korean Air Force order of battle (2 April 2013)Base names on a Galcom map; used only for base names.
- The Aviationist: David Cenciotti, North Korea hosts first air show ever (26 September 2016)MiG-29, Su-25, MiG-21bis, Mi-8T, Y-5 and four Hughes 500E at Kalma.
- 38 North: tag page “Sunchon Airfield”Lists “Sunchon Airfield Renovations Nearing Completion”; describes Sunchon as one of North Korea’s largest military airfields, about 45 km from Pyongyang, after two years of construction. Individual articles could not be retrieved.
- The Diplomat: Ankit Panda and Dave Schmerler, When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City (3 January 2018)28 April 2017 Hwasong-12 launch from Pukchang airfield (Unit 447, Ryongak-dong, Sunchon City); crash at Tokchon about 39 km away.
- 38 North: tag page “Uiju Airfield”Lists “North Korea’s Uiju Airfield is back in business” and “Military Airfield Modernization Expands to Uiju”; articles not retrieved.
- Federation of American Scientists: North Korean Air ForceAbout seventy air bases, aircraft at twenty to thirty; forward bases Taetan, Nuchon-ni, Kuup-ri; October 1995 redeployment of more than 420 aircraft; hardened, mostly underground shelters.
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