Angkatan Udara Rakyat Korea
Pesawat MiG-29 dari Angkatan Udara Rakyat Korea (Korea Utara).
Angkatan Udara Rakyat Korea, (Korean: 조선 인민군 공군, Hanja:朝鲜人民军空军), adalah nama dari pasukan penerbangan terpadu dari Republik Demokratik Rakyat Korea. Angkatan Udara Rakyat Korea adalah cabang kedua terbesar dari Tentara Rakyat Korea dengan perkiraan 110.000 personil. Angkatan Udara Rakyat Korea ini memiliki antara 1.600 dan 1.700 pesawat dari berbagai jenis, sebagian besar asal Soviet dan Cina.
Tugas utamanya adalah untuk mempertahankan wilayah udara Korea Utara. Ketika Tentara Rakyat dibentuk dengan bantuan Soviet, unit penerbangan menjadi cabang kekuatan udara pada 20 Agustus 1947. Korea Utara telah merayakan 20 Agustus sebagai Air Day.
Aircraft Inventory
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Versions | In service[1] | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighter aircraft | ||||||||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 | Uni Soviet | Fighter Aircraft Operational conversion | MiG-29B MiG-29UB | 35 5 | Used to defend Pyongyang[2] 9.12B and UB 9.51 models; Google Earth Imagery is available.[3] | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 | Uni Soviet | Fighter Aircraft | MiG-23ML | 56 | Google Earth Imagery is available.[3] | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | Uni Soviet | Fighter Aircraft Fighter Aircraft Operational Conversion | MiG-21PFM MiG-21bis MiG-21U | >150 | Google Earth Imagery is available.[3] | |||
| Chengdu F-7 | Republik Rakyat Tiongkok | Fighter Aircraft | F-7B | 40 | ||||
| Shenyang F-6 | Republik Rakyat Tiongkok | Fighter Aircraft | Shenyang F-6 | 98[4] | ||||
| Shenyang F-5 | Republik Rakyat Tiongkok | Fighter Aircraft | Shenyang F-5 | 100[4] | ||||
| Strike aircraft | ||||||||
| Harbin H-5 | Republik Rakyat Tiongkok | Strategic bomber | Harbin H-5 | 80 | At least 40 Il-28's and H-5's are confirmed to exist in a servicable condition at Uiju and Chanjin-Up AFB's. Google Earth Imagery is available.[3] | |||
| Nanchang A-5 | Republik Rakyat Tiongkok | Strike aircraft | Nanchang A-5 | 40 | ||||
| Sukhoi Su-25 | Uni Soviet | Strike aircraft Operational conversion | Su-25K Su-25UBK | 32 4 | Google Earth Imagery is available.[3] | |||
| Sukhoi Su-7 | Uni Soviet | Strike aircraft | Su-7BMK | 18 | ||||
| Mil Mi-24 | Uni Soviet | Helicopter gunship | Mi-24D | 20 | ||||
| Trainer Aircraft | ||||||||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 | Uni Soviet | Training aircraft | MiG-15UTI | 30 | ||||
| Nanchang CJ-6 | Republik Rakyat Tiongkok | Training aircraft | Nanchang CJ-6 | 180 | ||||
| Aero L-39 | Cekoslowakia | Training aircraft | L-39C | 12 | ||||
| Shenyang F-5 | Republik Rakyat Tiongkok | Training aircraft | FT-5 | 135 | ||||
| Transport aircraft | ||||||||
| Ilyushin Il-76 | Uni Soviet | Heavy transport | Il-76MD | 3 | Also in service with Air Koryo | |||
| Ilyushin Il-62 | Uni Soviet | Heavy transport | Il-62M | 2 | ||||
| Antonov An-24 | Ukraina | Tactical transport | An-24 | 6 | At least one converted to a rudimentary AEW aircraft in the 1990s | |||
| Antonov An-2 | Uni Soviet | Utility transport | various | c. 300 | Formerly grounded due to high fuel costs[5] Recently seen operationally in footage of 2013 Military Exercises | |||
| Lisunov Li-2 | Uni Soviet | Utility transport | Lisunov Li-2 | Few in number | Google Earth Imagery is available.[3] | |||
| Mil Mi-26 | Uni Soviet | Heavy transport | Mi-26 | 4 | Google Earth Imagery is available.[3] | |||
| Mil Mi-8 | Uni Soviet | Utility | Mi-8T | 15 | Google Earth Imagery is available.[3] | |||
| Mil Mi-2 | Polandia Korea Utara | Utility | various | 140 | Locally produced[butuh rujukan] | |||
| Harbin Z-5 | Republik Rakyat Tiongkok | Medium transport | Z-5 | 48 | ||||
| Reconnaissance / UAV | ||||||||
| Antonov An-24 | Korea Utara | AEW | Unknown | at least 1[6] | Local conversion using a N019 radar from MiG-29 aircraft | |||
| Tupolev Tu-143 | Uni Soviet | UAV | DR-3 | at least 1[7] | ||||
| MD 500D | Amerika Serikat | Scout helicopter | Unknown | 87 | Imported from Germany | |||
| MQM-107 | Amerika Serikat | UAV | MQM-107D, Local Copies | Unknown | Developing an unmanned flying bomb version using examples bought from Syria.[8] | |||
| ASW | ||||||||
| Mil Mi-14 | Uni Soviet | ASW helicopter | Mi-14PL | 10 | ||||
Referensi
- ^ OrBat North Korea - MilAvia Press.com: Military Aviation Publications
- ^ Bermudez, Joseph. "KPA Journal Vol.2 No.4". Journal. Diakses 29 May 2011.
- ^ Kesalahan pengutipan: Tag
<ref>tidak sah; tidak ditemukan teks untuk ref bernamaGoogle_Earth_image_here - ^ a b Adam Baddeley (February 2011). "The AMR Regional Air Force Directory 2011". Asian Military Review. Diarsipkan dari aslinya tanggal 2012-11-01. Diakses 19 July 2011.
- ^ Air Forces Monthly, December 2007 issue, p.27.
- ^ Bermudez, J. "MiG-29 in KPAF Service", The KPA Journal, vol. 2 No. 4, April 2011, p. 2
- ^ ASIAN REGION UAV PROGRAMMES, Asian Defense Review, 17 December 2010
- ^ "N. Korea developing unmanned attack aircraft from U.S. drones: source". Yonhap. 2012-02-05. Diakses 19 June 2012.
Pranala luar
- The North Korean Air Force by Google Earth: a compilation of Google Earth images of North Korean fighters, bombers, ground attack aircraft, transports, and special-operations aircraft.
- Globalsecurity.org
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