KAI will deliver its first KF-21 fighter jet to South Korea's Air Force around Chuseok, with about eight aircraft due this year.

I stood on the assembly line for prototypes of the KF-21 Boramae, a South Korea jet fighter, on Friday at a factory operated by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province.

South Korea’s indigenous fighter program enters a new phase as the first serial production KF-21 joins the ROKAF. The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) received its first serial production KF-21 ...

The fourth prototype of the KF-21 Boramae conducts a test flight after taking off from the Air Force's 3rd Flying Training Wing in Sacheon, Feb. 20. Courtesy of Defense Acquisition Program ...

The KF-21 Boramae successfully completed its maiden flight earlier this month, marking a big step in Korea’s aviation technology The KF-21 fighter jet soars through the skies during its first test ...

[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] The fuselage of the Korean fighter jet KF-21 Boramae (hereafter KF-21), unveiled last April, consists of 381 parts and over 9,500 hardware ...

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Future variants of the KF-21 Boramae are expected to incorporate stealth technology—although the aircraft is not a true “stealth plane,” as it lacks internal weapons bays. South Korea’s efforts to ...

[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter]Attention is focused on the background of the naming of the Korean Fighter eXperimental (KF-X), developed with domestic independent technology, ...

Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well ...

At a commencement ceremony of the Korea Air Force Academy on March 20, 2001, late President Kim Dae-jung made a promise to the cadets, “We’ll let you cadets ride fighter jets developed by Korea.” The ...

Korea has rolled out a prototype of the KF-21 Boramae fighter jet, formerly known as the KF-X, marking a success in the project to locally develop a next-generation combat aircraft with indigenous ...