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Kim Jong Il Inspects Air Force Unit 813 of KPA

Pyongyang, November 7 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, inspected Air Force Unit 813 of the KPA.

Going round various places including military objects, combat and technical equipment, a bedroom of pilots and a study room, he acquainted himself with the unit's performance of the guard duty, training and preparation for combat mobilization.

He expressed satisfaction with the fact that the unit officers have indulged themselves in deep thoughts of ways for winning victories in the fight by skillfully using war method and tactics of our own style suited to the enemies' changed war method, combat action control law and the trend of development of arms equipment and put them into practice while placing the unit on a high alert.

He praised the pilots for preparing themselves to be skilful combat pilots, well aware that preparation for fight precisely means training and vice versa.

He climbed the commanding post and guided their flight training.

After watching the training he expressed great satisfaction over the fact that all the pilots have grown to be competent combat pilots. He congratulated them on their successful training.

He then went round the revolutionary historic site of the unit.

Looking around various places of the site including a monument to revolutionary history, a barrack and a well, he recollected with deep emotion the immortal exploits by President Kim Il Sung who achieved the great cause of building the flying corps in a brief span of time after the liberation and defended the country from the enemy aggression.

Kim Jong Il had a photo taken with the soldiers of the unit.

He was accompanied by Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK; KPA Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and chief of the General Staff of the KPA; Jang Song Thaek, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and vice-chairman of the NDC; KPA General Kim Jong Gak, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and first vice director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA; Pak To Chun, alternate member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., the WPK; Kim Kyong Ok, first vice department director of the C.C., the WPK; Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the C.C., the WPK; and KPA Generals Kim Myong Guk, Kim Won Hong, Pak Jae Gyong and Hyon Chol Hae.

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