South Korea Considers Evolving KF-21 Into Gen-5.5 Fighter

South Korea Air Force KF-21
Credit: South Korean DAPA
SINGAPORE—The South Korea Air Force is potentially looking to develop a Generation-5.5 fighter based on the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 Boramae, under the so-called KF-XX program. Citing military sources, the newspaper Seoul Economic Daily says the aircraft will be classified as the KF-21...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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