Seoul Complains Of Poor F-35A Reliability

F-35A

ROKAF F-35A.

Credit: ROKAF
SINGAPORE—A South Korean lawmaker says that Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Lockheed Martin F-35As were classified as “operationally unready” 234 times over an 18-month period ending in June—on average once every two days. Shin Won-sik, of the ruling People Power Party, was quoted by Yonhap News...
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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