South Korea’s military to green light the purchase of 40 F-35A/Bs in October

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to rectify a plan to buy 20 F-35As and 20 F-35Bs under phase 2 of its FX III fighter program in October’s meeting.

First vertical landing of an F-35B Lightning II March 18, 2010 100318-D-DG182-075
Sgt. 1st Class MilagrosLaura Laura [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


The purchase is expected to cost $6.7 billion and the priority is to acquire the B-model first in order for the short take-off and vertical landing aircraft (STOVL) to operate on the light aircraft carrier that Seoul intends to build.

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