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Revised: February 2018
NORTH KOREA

Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
In service
Korean People's Army Air Force (KPAAF) since 1988
Deliveries
1988-1989: 12 MiG-29 (9-12) and 2 MiG-29UB from Soviet Union
1991-1992: 3 MiG-29 (9-13) from Russia
In total 17 MiGs between 1988 and 1992
Some (maybe 10) MiG-29 (9-13) were delivered from Russia in parts. When Korean failed to pay in hard currency not in goods, in 1992 Russia stopped transferring components and only three aircraft were completed in 1993 at the Seventh Machine Industry Bureau in Panghyon from parts delivered by Russia - Korea was the sole country with licence to build MiGs. Anyhow, it was too complicated to Koreans. Spare parts later allow maintained other MiGs in relative good condition, despite lack of spare parts from Russia and embargo.
Losses:
MiG-29 9-13

Operational in 2018 is about 5, incl. 2 MiG-29S
Units
55th Kumsong Guard Air Regiment @ Suncheon air base near Pyongyang.
Numbers
MiG-29 (9-12): 550 555 558
MiG-29UB 355
MiG-29 (9-13): 415 820 555
Two aircraft with the same number 555 - one 9-12 and one 9-13!
Camouflage and painting
Originally were painted in two-tone standard camouflage. In Korea repainted to green and blue.
MiG-29B assembled in Korea received a numbers reffered to a special event in North Korean history:
415 to Kim Il-sung's birthday (15th April 1912),
820 to 20th August 1948 when KPAAF was officially formed.

North-Korean MiG-29, January 2012. Please read plaques on aircraft.
2014-2015 grey (a little creamy shade) with slighty darker blotches and lightblue underside.
It's a new painting scheme for Korean Air Force (also MiG-21, MiG-23, Su-25).

North-Korean MiG-29, 2014.

Colours of the MiG-29 (МиГ-29).
Worldwide aircraft Mikoyan & Gurevich MiG-29 (Fulcrum) camouflage and painting schemes
MiG-29 MiG-29S MiG-29UB MiG-29M MiG-29M2 MiG-29UBT MiG-29SD MiG-29N MiG-29NUB MiG-29K MiG-29KUB
MiG-29AS MiG-29G MiG-29GT MiG-29BM MiG-29SM MiG-29SE MiG-29SMT MiG-29UPG MiG-29SMP MiG-29OVT MiG-35

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Revised: February 2018 NORTH KOREA Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
In service	Korean People's Army Air Force (KPAAF) since 1988
Deliveries	1988-1989: 12 MiG-29 (9-12) and 2 MiG-29UB from Soviet Union 1991-1992: 3 MiG-29 (9-13) from Russia In total 17 MiGs between 1988 and 1992 Some (maybe 10) MiG-29 (9-13) were delivered from Russia in parts. When Korean failed to pay in hard currency not in goods, in 1992 Russia stopped transferring components and only three aircraft were completed in 1993 at the Seventh Machine Industry Bureau in Panghyon from parts delivered by Russia - Korea was the sole country with licence to build MiGs. Anyhow, it was too complicated to Koreans. Spare parts later allow maintained other MiGs in relative good condition, despite lack of spare parts from Russia and embargo. Losses: MiG-29 9-13 Operational in 2018 is about 5, incl. 2 MiG-29S
Units	55th Kumsong Guard Air Regiment @ Suncheon air base near Pyongyang.
Numbers	MiG-29 (9-12): 550 555 558 MiG-29UB 355 MiG-29 (9-13): 415 820 555 Two aircraft with the same number 555 - one 9-12 and one 9-13!
Camouflage and painting	Originally were painted in two-tone standard camouflage. In Korea repainted to green and blue. MiG-29B assembled in Korea received a numbers reffered to a special event in North Korean history: 415 to Kim Il-sung's birthday (15th April 1912), 820 to 20th August 1948 when KPAAF was officially formed. North-Korean MiG-29, January 2012. Please read plaques on aircraft. 2014-2015 grey (a little creamy shade) with slighty darker blotches and lightblue underside. It's a new painting scheme for Korean Air Force (also MiG-21, MiG-23, Su-25). North-Korean MiG-29, 2014.