ATAC will upgrade newly acquired F1s with DRFM jammers, AESA radars

ATAC CEO Jeffrey Parker confirmed to Flight Global that the firm has acquired 63 Dassault Mirage F1s and the jets will be upgraded to compete in an upcoming U.S. Air Force competition for “red air” training.

Mirage F1 at Nellis AFB 01
By U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery (gallery, [1]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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F-35A to join F-22 at Seoul ADEX

Media outlets in South Korea are reporting that the Pentagon will dispatch the F-35A to Asia Pacific for the first time and the conventional takeoff and landing variant will join the F-22 at Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition, or Seoul ADEX.

F35 & F22 - RIAT 2016 (31358181836)
By Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK (F35 & F22 – RIAT 2016) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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