Royal Joseon Air Force

Royal Joseon Air Force
Service flag of the Royal Joseon Air Force
Active	1 August 1923 - present
Country	Joseon
Type	Air Force
Role	Aerial warfare
Size	299,000
Part of	Royal Joseon Armed Forces
Air Force Headquarters	Gyeryongdae, Chungcheongnam-do
Motto(s)	"The Highest Power Defending the Great Kingdom of Joseon"
Anniversaries	Armed Forces Day (13 August) Victory Day (15 August)
Engagements	The Second World War Vietnam War Gulf War Southeast Asian War New England War
Commanders
Prime Minister	Park Yohan
Minister of Defense	Lee Hyeyul
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Staff	Adrian Quaritch
Air Force Chief of Staff	Kim Seyoung

The Royal Joseon Air Force is a branch in charge of aerial combat for the Royal Joseon Armed Forces. It is composed of 229,000 active duty troops, and about 577,900 reservists as of 2023.

The Royal Joseon Air Force was officially established on August 1, 1923. In 2015, the Space Command was established to control space assets as a branch of the Air Force.

The Air Force is responsible for controlling air supremacy and supporting the Army and Navy using fighter jets and bombers. The majority of the Air Force's fighter jets are made up of 5th-generation stealth fighters, and the Royal Joseon Air Force is considered one of the most modernized air forces in the world.

The Royal Joseon Air Force, unlike the Army and Navy, adds troops by voluntary recruitment, with no conscription, even for soldiers lower than noncommissioned officers and officers. The Air Force receives applicants from those selected for conscription among Joseon's adult men and selects troops through interviews and additional physical and psychological examinations. Women can apply to join the military as noncommissioned officers or officers, and as of 2023, the proportion of women among officers and noncommissioned officers in the Royal Joseon Air Force was 45 percent.

Organization

The air forces consists of two branches: regular and reserve air forces. The regular air force consists of active duty soldiers and maintains standing air wings. The reserve forces consists of retired reserve forces from active duty, and when the mobilization order is issued, it is called up to form reserve air wings. Reserve forces are called up once a year and trained for three days.

The Air Force is commanded by the Air Force Chief of Staff, who is the highest-ranking general in the Air Force, and will be ordered by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff follows the orders of the Minister of Defense, and the Minister of Defense follows the orders of the Prime Minister.

Structure

Main article: Structure of the Royal Joseon Air Force

Equipment

See also:

• List of aircraft in active service with the Royal Joseon Armed Forces
• List of anti-air equipment in active service with the Royal Joseon Armed Forces

Uniforms

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  Casual service uniform of the Air Force.

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  Pilot's standard suit.

Personnel

Commissioned officer ranks

Rank group	General officer										Senior officer|Field officer						Junior officer
Combat uniform	Marshal of the Air Force		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant

Warrant officer ranks

Rank group	Warrant officer
Royal Joseon Air Force
	Warrant officer

Other ranks

Rank group	Non-commissioned officer																Enlisted
Combat uniform	Chief Master Sergeant						Senior Master Sergeant		Master Sergeant		Technical Sergeant						Staff Sergeant						Senior Airman				Airman First Class		Airman

Gallery

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  28th Fighter Wing's F/A-38A fighter is in flight.

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  KF-24 fighters of the 17th Fighter Wing are doing Elephant Walk exercises.

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  KEW-01 AEW&C aircraft of 51st Airborne Control Flight Wing.

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  Soldiers of the Air Force Combat Control Team.

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  A Cheongung-2 surface-to-air missile battery is conducting firing exercises.

See also

• List of aircraft in active service with the Royal Joseon Armed Forces
• List of anti-air equipment in active service with the Royal Joseon Armed Forces