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Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Air Force Unit

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, October 12 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, inspected KPA Air Force Unit 2623. He was accompanied by KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of its Central Committee.
    He learned about the unit's performance of the duty before looking round its combat and technical equipment.
    He set forth tasks for further increasing the combat capability of the unit, underscoring the need to pay primary attention to prizing and handling the weapons of the revolution associated with the people's blood and sweat like the apple of the eye.
    He went round the room devoted to the history of the unit, guided by its commander.
    He highly praised the exploits performed by airmen, greatly pleased to learn that the unit has trained all of them into fighters fully prepared politically and ideologically and in military technique by waging a vigorous drive to implement the WPK's military line to the letter.
    Going round tall trees in the compound, he said it is necessary to put the work to create woodland and greenery on a scientific and technical basis under a long-term plan in order to spruce up the barracks like a park. He taught ways to do so one by one.
    He dropped in at a flight training hall and met airmen in training. He acquainted himself in detail with their service ranging from their training to their dresses and had a warm conversation with them.
    Then he took deep care of airmen's service and living, looking round a servicemen's hall, a bedroom, a mess hall, a kitchen, a washroom, a daily provision store and other places.
    He was greatly satisfied to learn that the unit has provided best conditions for servicemen's living and built modern entertainment and logistic facilities to suit the characteristic feature of the airmen, in particular.
    He underlined the need for the commanding officers to show special care for the airmen's living.
    He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the unit.