Korean People's Army Air Force (English Wikipedia)

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"The North Korean Air Force by Google Earth". freekorea.us. 29 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
Mizokami, Kyle (6 May 2017). "North Korea's Secret Strategy in a War with America: Go Underground". The National Interest. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
"North Korea's Thunderbird Runways". 19 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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Green, William; Fricker, John (1958). "The Korean People's Armed Forces Air Force". The air forces of the world, their history, development and present strength. London: Macdonald. p. 189. OCLC 671468610.