북한 공군 창설과정을 통해 본 식민지 유산의 연속과 단절

Abstract

The continuity and discontinuity of Japanese colonial legacy are inherent in the establishment process of the North Korea’s Air Force. Almost all the students who belonged to the Sinuiju flying corps was from the Japanese Army. However, most of them were raised in the North Korea. And many other people from the Japanese Army also took part in the Air Section of Pyongyang Academy as pilots and instructors. The instructors in the section trained air troops with Japanese training planes under a Japanese training program. The Soviet army system was not introduced into the Air Section, yet. Finally, the Japanese colonial legacy was continuing in the Air Section of Pyongyang Academy. The Korean People’s Army was freed from the Japanese Colonial Legacy with the advent of the Air Regiment period. The Air Regiment troops were trained by the Soviet Military Advisers and governed by Soviet Wartime Regulations. A pilot training and a Commander training programs of the Air Regiment were implemented in the Soviet Union as well. And translators were deployed in the Air Regiment so that the troops in the Air Regiment could translate a Soviet Military manual into Korean style. The North Korea’s Air Force applied Soviet Military elements to the military formation, weapon,management, and training parts of it, at the same time, broke fast with the Japanese colonial legacy at the Air Regiment period. In the North Korea’s Air Force, the process of clearing up the vestiges of Japanese imperialism was very fast. The Japanese Military elements was not excluded gradually from the North Korea’s Air Force but discontinued rapidly, with introducing Soviet Military elements to it. However, it was different in a military organization part. The Air Regiment troops were almost from the North Korea. Officers in the Air Regiment were comprised of various experienced men. A lot of men from the Japanese army worked as pilots and senior officers in the Air Regiment even after the Soviet Military system had been introduced to the North Korea’s Air Force. So, the Air Regiment had not only continuity but also discontinuity of Japanese colonial legacy in the military organization part.