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AStudyoftheEducationandTrainingoftheNorthKorean Air Force Before the Korean War - Focusing on the Internal Causes of the Destruction of the North Korean Air Force -

  • military history
  • 2026, (138), pp.87~137
  • Publisher : Military History Institute, MND
  • Research Area : Humanities > History
  • Received : December 15, 2025
  • Accepted : February 19, 2026
  • Published : March 15, 2026

Kim, Seon-ho 1

1국방부군사편찬연구소

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ABSTRACT

By April 1950, the North Korean Air Force(NKAF) had completed ground-based theoretical training and combat preparations, and deployed the largest number of troops to the training regiment to rapidly enhance its combat power. Flight students from the Training Regiment, under the direct control of the Ministry of National Defense, acquired independent flight capabilities through intensive flight training with the Yak-18 aircraft in January and February 1950. The Fighter Regiment and Fighter-bombers Regiment began full-scale flight training in 1949, and in 1950, in preparation for war, they doubled their flight training hours compared to 1949. Beginning in April 1950, the Air Division’s Fighter-bombers Regiment intensively trained Ilyushin(IL) aircraft in preparation for war. However, until 1950, the Fighter bombers R egim ent only conducted ground to ground gunfire and dive bombing training, and did not conduct any training necessary for air combat. While the pilots of the Fighter Regiment acquired the ability to fly solo and in formations with two aircraft through flight training by February 1950, they all received their first ground-to-ground and air-to-air gunfire training in May. As a result, the Flight Division’s combat flight capabilities remained inadequate even in 1950. With offensive warfare in mind, the NKAF began training its pilots in Yak-9 fighters and IL-10 fighter-bombers in March 1950, acquiring combat flight and attack capabilities that could be utilized in actual combat. However, the NKAF pilots first received training in group flight, shooting, and bombing techniques essential for offensive warfare, as well as joint operations, in March and April 1950. Ultimately, the NKAF was deployed to the Korean War without sufficient mastery of the attack techniques, air combat flight techniques, and joint operations capabilities essential for all-out war.

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