Now here’s something you don’t see every day: an F-16 fighter jet buzzing through the skies of North Korea and launching fireworks. The plane roaring over people’s heads at the country’s first air show Sunday was actually a remote-controlled mock-up of the fabled US Air Force fighter. US nuclear bombers fly over Korean peninsula after North's nuclear test Read moreThe scale models of the F-16 and a Chinese J-10 fighter were featured on the second day of the Wonsan International Friendship Air festival. The choice of flying a one-sixth scale F-16 at the show was an odd one considering the outrage North Korea regularly expresses over the presence of US troops and Air Force bases in South Korea. The air show’s first day opened with an aerobatic display by US-made Hughes MD 500 military-use helicopters, the origin of which has raised questions of whether international sanctions against North Korea were violated.

Source: The Guardian September 25, 2016 04:05 UTC