Aviation North Korea has a special area, which worked through the bombardment of clusters of South Korean fighter jets F-15K Slam Eagle, represented as layouts. But pilots train here is not the MiG-ah, and fly to the "ancient biplanes Antonov An-2". It is reported by South Korean publication Chosun Ilbo.
This site is approximately 3 km south-east of the airbase Seondeok. The figure below image imitation F-15K is located in the lower right corner. According to Sputnik, Commenting on the news, it would be understandable, if Pyongyang trained its pilots to fight "Needles" on the MiG-29, which are available in North Korea. However, the military chose to put pilots in planes, intended for agricultural work.
The machine was set up in 1947 by the Soviet aircraft designer Oleg Antonov.
Often described as the "tractor with wings", biplane propeller type was already outdated, when it was built, but its design is robust and reliable characteristics saved in the civil service plane hitherto
– writes Sputnik, pointing, that North Korea has found a new, military, application "for the relic".
As explained by the Chosun Ilbo intelligence officer, despite, An-2 is moving at a slow speed, it is able to pass between the valleys at low altitude, that allows the aircraft to bypass the current radar field.
Avoiding radar detection and bombed by our airbases, it is able to drop to the ground several tens commando
– indicates South Korean military.
As noted, Only available to North Korea, there are about 300 units AN-2. This model is considered by Pyongyang in the first place as a means of delivering special forces on enemy territory.
Polygon in DPRK, presumably, models of F-15K Slam
