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South Korea Sunsets F-4 Phantom Fighter Fleet

F-4 Phantoms

ROKAF Phantoms at the June 5 retirement ceremony.

Credit: Kim Minseok/Aviation Week Network
SUWON, South Korea—The Republic of Korea Air Force retired its F-4 Phantom fleet on June 5 after 55 years of service. The next phase is for ROKAF to induct 120 Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 Boramae and another 20 Lockheed Martin F-35A. However, local think tank Korea Institute for Defense...
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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