NORTH KOREA
Middle East Conflicts
Egyptian Air Force
القوات الجوية المصرية / Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä al-Miṣrīyä
Syrian Air Force
القوّات الجوية العربية السورية / Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya
القوات الجوية المصرية / Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä al-Miṣrīyä
Syrian Air Force
القوّات الجوية العربية السورية / Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya
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Comments:
- North Korea sent 25 pilots to Syria during the 3rd Arab-Israeli war of 1966, and 30 pilots to Egypt and Syria during the 4th Arab-Israeli war of 1973. In 1976, North Korea sent more than 40 pilots to Syria.
- A contingent of North Korean pilots was sent to Syria and Egypt during the Yom Kippur in 1973 and flew MiG-21s. They allegedly shot down some F-4 Phantoms and Mirage IIIs and lost up to 20 pilots. They flew the last aerial combat on 6 December 1973 when they fought with 2 Phantoms. Israelis claim one MiG-21 shot down. The second MiG was accidentally shot down by Egyptian air defence.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13, Egyptian Air Force.
Sources & Literature
- Aloni, Shlomo: Israeli F-4 Phantom II Aces, Aircraft of the Aces 60, Osprey Publishing, 2004.
- Cheatham, Thomas: North Korean Pilots Fly For Egyptian Air Force, in St. Petersburg Times, Thursday, August 16, 1973.
- Han Ho Suk: North Korea's war strategy of massive retaliations against US attacks, Part V, http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/1361.html, http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3099.htm.
- Морозов, Вячеслав – Антаков, Вадим – Котлобовский, Александр В.: Громкие эпизоды тихой войны, Стать о применении Авиация в противостоянии на Корейском полуострове (1953-2004 гг.), Авиация и Время, № 1, 2005.
