Yet another North Korean fighter written off. A Mig-19 now..

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Yet another North Korean fighter written off. A Mig-19 now..

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http://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_201407300749338385
translation:
Earlier this month, North Korea's main fighter 'MiG -19' group Hwanghae taetan nearby Air Force base has been known crashed during training flight.

We of the North Korean military officials' MiG -19 "confirmed that the crashed aircraft in flight dwaetdamyeonseo is introduced in place for 40-year-old fighter in the old gas that looks likely to fall one said.

The accident that does not float in the North, such as fighter aircraft for the major deferred maintenance is estimated that the ongoing added.

'Mig 19' of the former Soviet Union's first supersonic fighter aircraft currently operating in North Korea are known to be more than 90 units.

...or go to http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/north-koreas-m ... es-1458927
The crash had taken place near North Korea's Taetan Air Base in South Hwanghae province when Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force (KPAF) was holding its training exercises, South Korean military officials, cited by Seoul's YTN, say.
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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