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KAI teams with LOTN as it offers FA-50 to Slovakia

Posted on November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 by alert5

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has signed an agreement with Slovakian aircraft repair company LOTN to export the FA-50 light combat aircraft to Europe.

대한민국 국군 Republic of Korea Armed Forces / CC BY-SA

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#FighterFriday

Posted on November 5, 2021October 30, 2021 by alert5

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.)

JASDF F-2 canopy flew off incident, pilot forgot to lock it before take-off

Posted on November 4, 2021 by alert5

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.

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Estonian Air Force L-39 entered Finnish airspace

Posted on November 3, 2021 by alert5

Both Estonian and Finnish air forces are investigating an Estonian L-39’s intrusion into Finnish airspace on Nov. 1.

Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford and Largs, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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KAI confirms contract to convert four Baekdu-clase ISR aircraft

Posted on November 2, 2021 by alert5

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.

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