![]() ![]() While its strength in ground forces initially overwhelmed UN forces, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) was, at the time, small and no better equipped than the KPAAF. China officially entered the war in support of North Korea on October 25, 1950. The Soviets also committed to supply North Korea and China with its latest MiG-15 fighters, and to train Korean and Chinese pilots to fly them. For several months, propeller-engined bombers and fighters, like the B-29 and P-51 Mustang – and early jet fighters like the F-80 Shooting Star, F-84 Thunderjet and Grumman F9F Panther – flew the skies over Korea virtually unopposed.ĭuring October, the major Communist powers – China and the Soviet Union – commenced unofficial military support of North Korea. After the United States and its closest allies committed its air units to the UN, the North Korean People's Army Air Force (KPAAF) was rapidly depleted. These were flown by under-trained and inexperienced pilots. The North Koreans began their war against South Korea on Jwith small numbers of Soviet aircraft retained from the Second World War. MiG-15 delivered by a defecting North Korean pilot to the US Air Force. ![]()
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