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F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, Vermont Air National Guard, sit on the flight line after a day of flying training mission at Northern Lightning 2020, Volk Field, Wis., Aug. 11, 2020. Elements of the 158th Fighter Wing deployed to the annual exercise that gives the wing and aircraft training in deploying and conducting combat missions in a joint environment, including F-22 Raptors, F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-16 Fighting Falcons that flew with them in the nearly month-long exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard photo illustration by Tech. Sgt. Ryan Campbell) (This image was created by blending a series of multiple exposures.)

KAI confirms contract to convert four Baekdu-clase ISR aircraft

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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.

Dassault Falcon 2000LX 2021 SO
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South Korea, U.S. secretly held aerial exercise this week

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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)

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