KF-21’s First Flight Ushers South Korea Into Advanced Fighter Club

Chen Chuanren Kim Minseok July 21, 2022
the KF-21

KF-21

Credit: Republic of Korea Air Force
South Korea has entered the 4.5-generation fighter club with the first flight of its latest fighter project, the KF-21 Boramae, demonstrating the country’s ability to develop advanced technologies while simultaneously taking yet another step toward independent production and export of weapons. About...
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.

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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