A JASDF F-2 that scrambled from Tsuiki Airbase on Oct. 10 lost its canopy inflight while the jet was over the vicinity of Asakura city. Investigations into the incident had found that the pilot had failed to lock the canopy before take-off.
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration will soon sign a contract with Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) to convert four Dassault Falcon 2000LXS business jets into Baekdu-class intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms.
An annual air exercise between South Korea and the United States kicked off secretly on Nov. 1. The exercise is to be held over five days.
Republic of Korea Air Force KF-16 and F-15Ks are refueled by a ROKAF KC-330 tanker while participating in the first combined air refueling operation with U.S. Airmen in a KC-10 Extender from Travis Air Force Base, California, Nov. 19, 2019, in Mallipo Air Refueling airspace near Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. The joint air refueling mission was for ROKAF members to gain insight on how to develop and employ their recently acquired KC-330 tanker aircraft. (Courtesy photo)