IIRC, the Germans were pulling their new jet aircraft out to the runways with mules due to lack of fuel.
They were still a threat though.
The the Norks haven't flown in combat in how many years? Experience counts for a lot. And this time, the ROK Army is a force to be reckoned with.
And I would not be surprised if South Korea had an atomic weapon, or three. Just because they are smart enough not to put an ad in the International Herald Tribune doesn't mean they can't. They've got FOUR reactors, and a high tech industrial base.
In Japan, water buffalo were used to move Zero fighters out of the Mitsubishi plant.