MiG fighter jets take off and land on highway as North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un proudly watches

March 8, 2013 Military Aviation, North Korea

David Cenciotti

On Feb. 28, 2013, the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released some images depicting Kim Jong Un attending wargames somewhere in North Korea.

Noteworthy, as the following images prove, the drills included fighter jets operation from a local highway.

According to the news agency, Korean People’s Army Air Force pilots on board their (obsolete) MiG-21 fighter jets showed the flexibility to launch sorties from remote regions where weather is unfavorable and runways/highway may experience violent gusts of wind.

Image credit: KCNA

Based on the above images North Korea’s supreme leader is quite satisfied by the show and most probably believes his Air Force could effectively face South Korean and U.S. fighter planes in case of war.

I would not be as confident.

About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

Anthony J. Mitchell says:

April 11, 2013 at 3:44 AM

Lmao. A mig 21 fishbed vs. a F-15, F-16, or a F-22 will not end well at for the mig pilot. He will be killed before he even knew he was in combat.
Leo Cummings says:

June 10, 2013 at 3:03 PM

Now now folks. Many museums would love to get their hands on these flying antiques. Hope someone gets more pics and videos before N.K. gets a case of stupid and actually starts believing their own propaganda.
RobetK says:

July 24, 2013 at 9:00 AM

These “supreme” leaders are certainly not going humgry. look at those fat faces !! Every single one of them….
Brendan Makidon says:

March 9, 2015 at 6:15 AM

Wait wait wait wait….. North Korea has highways?
aditya says:

June 23, 2015 at 4:03 AM

always love to see north koreans with their delusionary level