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  2. Korean People's Army Air Force - Wikipedia

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    North Korea operates a wide variety of air defense equipment, from short-range MANPADS such as 9K34 Strela-3, 9K38 Igla and ZPU-4 heavy machine guns, high-altitude upgraded S-75 Dvina, [21] to long-range SA-5 Gammon and Pon'gae-5 SAM systems and large-calibre AA artillery guns. [20] [22] North Korea has one of the densest air defence networks ...

  3. List of Sukhoi Su-25 operators - Wikipedia

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    North Korea. North Korean Air Force – In the 1950s, the North Korean Air Force had accumulated experience operating the Su-25's piston-engined predecessor, the Ilyushin Il-10. In the period from the end of 1987 until 1989, the DPRK acquired a total of 32 single-seat Su-25Ks and four Su-25UBKs.

  4. Sukhoi Su-25 - Wikipedia

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    The Sukhoi Su-25 Grach (Russian: Грач ; NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi. It was designed to provide close air support for Soviet Ground Forces. The first prototype made its maiden flight on 22 February 1975.

  5. Operational history of the Sukhoi Su-25 - Wikipedia

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    Another Su-25 piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Evgeny Derkulsky was damaged but was able to return to base. On 5 May 1995, a Su-25 piloted by Colonel Vladimir Sarabeyev from the 4th Air Army was hit by 12.7mm DShK fire while flying a low altitude patrol near the village of Serzhen-Yurt. The bullets pierced the unarmored side canopy glass of the ...

  6. Wonsan International Friendship Air Festival - Wikipedia

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    At the 2016 edition the Korean People's Army Air Force displayed a number of its aircraft, including Su-25, MiG-21 and MiG-29 combat aircraft. [1] [2] [3] [4] In ...

  7. North Korea's Kim inspects sanctioned fighter jet plant in ...

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday inspected a Russian fighter jet factory that is under Western sanctions, part of a visit Washington and its allies fear could strengthen Russia's military ...

  8. No Kum-sok - Wikipedia

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    No Kum-sok (Korean: 노금석; January 10, 1932 – December 26, 2022) [1] [2] was a North Korean-born American engineer and aviator who served as a senior lieutenant in the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force during the Korean War.

  9. Factbox-What's behind North Korea's air zone claims? - AOL

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    North Korea has levelled new accusations that U.S. spy planes had repeatedly violated its airspace and the skies over its "economic water zone" since last week, threatening to shoot the aircraft ...