File:NASM 4A 31753 - November 1953 (52564345424).jpg

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"FIFTH AIR FORCE, KOREA - Seated in the cockpit of a Republic of Korea F-51 Mustang, Colonel Kim Yong Hwan, commander of the ROK combat wing of F-51s, talks with Col. Harold T. Babb, of Dalton, Ga., commander of a Fifth Air Force detachment at a ROK air base. Colonel Kim, who received his pilot training while serving in the Japanese Air Force, enlisted in the ROK Air Force as a private in 1948. During the Korean War he flew 148 combat missions. The Republic of Korea has an Air Academy, at Chinhae in southern Korea, where air cadets are instructed in air tactics, military science, general sciences, English, physical training, history and psychology."

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  • Uploader's Note: Col. Kim Young Hwan (김영환, 1920-1953) - Imperial Japanese Army officer (2nd Lt.), 1945; Korean Constabulary officer (Captain), 1946-49; recommissioned as ROKAF officer (Major), 1949; the first ten ROKAF fighter pilot, 1950; CO, ROKAF 10th Fighter Wing, 1953; Missing on 5 March 1954 while flying his F-51D at Mukho. His remains were not recovered.
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Source NASM 4A 31753 - November 1953
Author Faces of ROK: Korean War Photographs

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Go Hanbin at https://flickr.com/photos/197132382@N05/52564345424. It was reviewed on 9 January 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

9 January 2024

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