KPAFAC Order of Battle - 1950

Air Forces Commander -- General Van Len (COL Petrachev, advisor)
Aviation Commander - Major General Wang Yong

Units

? Assault Aviation Regimemt (?) (June 1950 - September 1950; possibly rebuilt)
    Assault Aviation Squadron (Il-10)
    Assault Aviation Squadron (Il-10)
    Assault Aviation Squadron (Il-10) - total 44 aircraft

? Assault Aviation Regimemt (?) (June 1950 - September 1950; possibly rebuilt)
    Assault Aviation Squadron (Il-10)
    Assault Aviation Squadron (Il-10)
    Assault Aviation Squadron (Il-10) - total 44 aircraft

? Combined Aviation Regiment (?) (June 1950- July 1953)
    Liaison Squadron (Yak-16)
    Night Bombing Squadron (Po-2)
    Night Bombing Squadron (Yak-11) – total around 40-50 aircraft

? Fighter Aviation Regiment (?) (June 1950 - September 1950; possibly rebuilt )
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (Yak-9P)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (Yak-9P)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (Yak-9P) - total 44 aircraft

? Fighter Aviation Regiment (?) (June 1950 - September 1950; possibly rebuilt )
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (Yak-9P)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (Yak-9P)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (Yak-9P) - total 44 aircraft

? Fighter Aviation Regiment (1952-53) (may not have been committed)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (MiG-15)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (MiG-15)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (MiG-15) - total around 43 aircraft

? Fighter Aviation Division (1952-53) (was not committed)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (MiG-15)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (MiG-15)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (MiG-15) - total around 43 aircraft

? Fighter Aviation Division (1952-53) (was not committed)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (MiG-15)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (MiG-15)
    Fighter Aviation Squadron (MiG-15) - total around 43 aircraft

All designations are supposition based on what few facts are available on the KPAF. First five regiments were known as "1st Aviation Division" according to some sources. Regimental designations are unknown. MiG units were withheld from combat by Kim Il-Sung from late 1952 on until near the end of the war, and may never have flown combat as unitary formations of Korean pilots and aircraft. A total of around 125 MiG-15 aircraft were known to be in Korean hands at the end of the war.

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