Flag of the Korean People's Army Air Force
The Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force (KPAAF) is the unified military aviation force of North Korea. It is the second largest branch of the Korean People's Army. It possesses aircraft of different types.As of 2024, it is estimated to possess some 570 combat aircraft, 200 helicopters, and a few transporters, mostly of decades-old Soviet and Chinese origin.Its primary task is to defend North Korean airspace.
They mainly appear only in the Crysis and Crysis Warhead .
Roundel Insignia of the KPAAF
In Crysis plot[]
There are several fighter jets and Attack Helicopter that play a major role in the game. WZ-19 Attack helicopter are the KPAAF only used primary air transport and combat vehicle as air patrols or troop deployment craft in the game.
Some of their Fighter Jets can be seen in the background of Contact,after daybreak, arriving near the beach, two fighter jets J-10 from the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force can be seen flying rapidly in the sky.At the beginning of the game,when the player crashes into the water and walks onto the shore, the player will spot see for the first time a KPAAF attack helicopter flying low reconnaissance patrol.Since then, North Korean fighter jets have never appeared again,and this is the only time they have been seen on aerial reconnaissance patrols.
In the second level Recovery, third level Relic, fourth level Assault and fifth level Onslaught ,the KPAAF mainly dispatches attack helicopter units for soldier deployment and ground support.
In Crysis-Warhead plot[]
In the first leve Call me Ishmael ,when Psycho enters a burned village at the very start. It is can be seen that a KPAAF helicopter is transporting a container containing sealed Ceph alien scout. and in the cutscenes after the level end, Sean O'Neill is known to be a pilot for US Air Force. His F-36 fighter is shot down by two Su-27 UBK Flankers two-seater fighter jets pursuing him.
Additionally in the second level Shore Leave,at the beginning of escorting Sean O'Neill to evacuate along the coastal road, looking up at the sky, the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force's two Su-27 UBK fighter jets and a like Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane will be seen flying rapidly.
The last time the air force saw them was in the last leve All the Fury,upon arrival at the airfield, looking at the sky, there will be two identical fighter jets and transport planes flying over the runway together.several Su-27 UBK Flankers two-seater are parked at the airfield, which may have been captured or destroyed by Ceph when they attacked the airfield.
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Trivia[]
- In plots there are no signs that the KPAAF ever fought the Ceph.
- It is possible that most KPAAF retreated or picked up retreating KPA forces later in the story, rather than engaging the US Navy and Air force or Ceph forces.
- The LTVs and Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery of the Korean People's Army in the game, as well as the exterior walls of military camps, are all painted with the logo of the KPAAF, It's also possible that the developer mistaking it for the logo of the Army.