North Korea Flies Model F-16 at Wonsan Air Show
This does seem pretty weird that the North Koreans would be flying a model F-16 during one of their airshows unless it was being used as part of dogfight demonstration of some kind?:
Now here’s something you don’t see every day: an F-16 fighter jet buzzing through the skies of North Korea and launching — fireworks.
The plane roaring over people’s heads at the country’s first air show Sunday was actually a remote-controlled mock-up of the fabled U.S Air Force fighter.
The scale models of the F-16 and a Chinese J-10 fighter were featured on the second day of the Wonsan International Friendship Air Festival.
The choice of flying a one-sixth scale F-16 at the show was an odd one considering the outrage North Korea regularly expresses over the presence of U.S. troops and Air Force bases in South Korea. [Associated Press]
You can read more at the link.
On the final day of the Air Show, the DPRK showcased their parachute team:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sky-divers-drop-air-north-korea-130143918.html
As much as I detest North Korea, those chutes are kind of cool! No Red Star that I could make out, but they do match the flag and are reasonably patriotic.
This line though made me wonder though:
Should the DPRK decide to attack, and China decided to sit it out after all, how long would the North’s fuel supplies last? Without production and refining capabilities, and I’d assume that the U.S. and South Korea have a pretty good bead on where the fuel tanks are located, it would seem that this time the war would be much shorter, and more decisive.