Tag: Republic of Korea Air Force
ROKAF fighters fired more than 300 warning shots at a Russian Beriev A-50 AEW&C aircraft that had twice violated the South Korea airspace. China has released the video of joint
bomber patrol conducted with Russia on Jul. 23, 2019 above a small, disputed
island off the coast of South Korea and Japan. As we have...
ROKAF pilots sent out 30 warnings to the A-50 but received no response. On Jul. 23, 2019 warplanes from four
countries faced off in a chaotic and unprecedented confrontation above a small,
disputed island off the coast of South Korea and Japan. As reported by CNN, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of...
A senior FAA officer with direct knowledge of the planned procurement said he expects the government to sign off on the planned FA-50 procurement “in the near future”, with deliveries to commence shortly after. Jane’s reports that Argentine has selected the Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) FA-50 as its new interim fighter. A senior...
South Korea wants critical design review of KF-X by September 2019 According Yonhap News, South Korea has completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of the KF-X fighter and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) plans to achieve critical design review (CDR) by September 2019. "The PDR has been finished successfully to decide whether to proceed to a critical design review (CDR)," Jung...
The T-50B veered off the runway while taking-off to perform on the first day of the Singapore Airshow 2018 The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has completed its investigation into the Black Eagles display team incident in Singapore on Feb. 6 and concluded that pilot error was the cause. “We concluded that the accident was attributed to the pilot’s failure...
The Mk18 for KF-X is a similar seat to the one currently in competition for the USAF new trainer jet, the T-X Martin-Baker’s Mk18 ejection seat has been selected by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for the KF-X fighter program. The selection of the Mk18 seat continues a long history of partnership between Martin-Baker and KAI, that started with their KT-1, followed...
The T-50B skidded and crashed into the grass verge at the side of runway 1 and caught fire. The pilot sustained light injuries Taken on Feb. 6, 2018 the impressive photos in this post show a Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50B aircraft from Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Black Eagles display team overturned after having crashed while taking off from Changi...
In 2014 South Korea formally announced a plan to buy 40 F-35A stealth fighters from Lockheed Martin According to Reuters less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Seoul would be purchasing billions of dollars in new military equipment, South Korean newspaper Joongang Ilbo says Seoul is preparing to place another order for 20 Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth...
One day after six F-22s arrived at Gwangju Air Base, several local military sources said the F-35A Lightening II as well as the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft arrived either at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, or Kunsan Air Base in North Jeolla by Sunday One day after six F-22s arrived at Gwangju Air Base, media reports from South...
Two USAF B-1B Lancer bombers; four USMC F-35B Lightning II fifth-generation advanced fighters; four ROKAF F-15K fighters; and four JASDF F-2 fighter jets executed the mission Taken on Sep. 17, 2017 the impressive pictures in this post feature U.S. Air Force (USAF) and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) aircraft joined Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force, JASDF) and Republic of Korea...
