South Korea To Get Second Batch Of F-35As By 2028

Kim Minseok March 14, 2023
F-35A

One of South Korea's 40 F-35As purchased through F-X Batch 1 program.

Credit: Kim Minseok
SEOUL—South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced March 13 that it has exercised its option to acquire 20 Lockheed Martin F-35As under the F-X Batch 2 program. The 20 aircraft will be delivered by 2028 at a cost of KRW3.75 trillion ($2.89 billion). This will add to the...
Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

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