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 ...

The first mass-produced KF-21 Boramae took to the skies from the Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. manufacturing plant in Sacheon, about 300 kilometers south of Seoul, heading north to an Air Force unit ...

The first serial production KF-21 Boramae fighter jet has rolled out of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) factory in a major milestone for the program. The first of 40 serial production KF-21 ...

Article Summary - South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae is a sleek, twin-engine 4.5-generation fighter designed to replace aging F-4s and F-5s and offer a cheaper “semi-stealth” alternative to top-end jets. -It ...

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 ...

Korea Aerospace Industries said Thursday it will invest 98.5 billion won ($88.3 million) to develop a customized smart manufacturing system and apply it first to the production of KF-21 Boramae ...

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 ...

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is pursuing its first international sale of the KF-21 Boramae fighter while advancing development of a single-seat FA-50 variant and exploring an ambitious tactical ...

Korea Aerospace Industries and Hyundai Rotem signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday to jointly develop a long-range air-to-air missile for the KF-21 Boramae fighter — the most technically ...

[Sacheon=Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] Our military's first domestically produced fighter jet, the ‘KF-21 Boramae,’ is set to make its first flight as early as the 19th. The ...

After China and the United States, now South Korea has also announced plans to join the race to build sixth-generation fighter jets. According to a top aerospace official, South Korea is getting ready ...