Present there were Han Jong Hyok, chairman of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea, officials of the union and agricultural workers in Pyongyang Municipality.

Hero of the DPRK Ho Ryong who performed feats in the battle to repulse the U.S. imperialist strategic reconnaissance plane which intruded into the sky above the economic waters on the East Sea of the DPRK, spoke at the meeting.

He referred to the fact that the U.S. imperialists perpetrated aerial espionage acts against the DPRK for more than 180 times by mobilizing all mission of strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes and staged madcap aerial war drills against it, while making the situation extremely tense under the pretext of the so-called "nuclear issue" in February 2003.

Chairman Kim Jong Il mapped out a superb operation to humble the arrogant U.S. imperialists keen on espionage acts despite our repeated warnings and guided the operation in the van, he said, and went on:

He said he was ordered to make a sortie, flew into the sky and stroke terror into the hearts of the enemy shudder for 22 minutes with a wonderful air movement.

Kim Jong Il visited the unit several times and highly praised him as a brave pilot for working miracles with boundless loyalty to the Party, matchless courage and extraordinary tactics and had a photo taken with him, he noted.

Under the care of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un, the airmen of the DPRK have grown into death-defying corps in the sky possessed of heroic fighting spirit, skilful aeronautics and perfect ability for actual war, and the air force of the Korean People's Army has strengthened into the core service of the DPRK, greeting the heyday of its development.

He asked all the officials of the union and agricultural workers to make fresh miracles and innovations in the struggle to attain the goal of grain production this year set by the Party.

Then followed pledge-taking speeches.