U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) is pushing for a permanent deployment of its latest stealth fighter, F-35A, to the Korean Peninsula, according to military sources.
South Korea will build its own maintenance facility for its F-35A stealth jets by 2027, a move that would enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday.
The Korean Air Force on Friday announced it has decided to scrap the F-35A fighter jet that had been damaged after hitting an eagle in January.
The U.S. Department of State approved a possible sale of 25 F-35 fighter jets and the stealth jets' related equipment for an estimated cost of $5.06 billion, a U.S. defense agency said Wednesday.
South Korea plans to purchase more F-35A stealth fighter jets and other weapons systems to bolster the country’s deterrence capabilities against North Korea, the state arms procurement agency said Monday.
This is the first time the Air Force has published a photo of an F-35A during aerial refueling since the fighter was added to the Korean arsenal in 2019.
North Korea blasted a South Korea-U.S. joint air force exercise that began Monday and threatened to take “all necessary measures” in response, raising concerns the regime could conduct a serious provocation.
South Korea and the United States started a large joint air exercise on Monday, mobilizing more than 240 aircraft including advanced stealth fighters and electronic warfare aircraft, Seoul’s defense officials said.
South Korea and the United States will conduct a large-scale combined air exercise involving 240 aircraft, including their F-35A and F-35B stealth jets.
South Korean and U.S. air forces conducted their first joint exercises with F-35A fighter jets from both countries in a symbolic show of combined strength.
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