Aircraft
South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae Takes To the Air
When the KF-21 is cleared for service, South Korea will become the eighth country to have successfully developed an advanced jet fighter.
KF-21 No. 1 makes its July 19 first flight with a KAI T-50 chase plane in attendance. (Photo: Defense Acquisition Program Administration)
KF-21 No. 1 makes its July 19 first flight with a KAI T-50 chase plane in attendance. (Photo: Defense Acquisition Program Administration)

The Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI)-led team developing the KF-21 Boramae fighter jet achieved a major milestone Tuesday with the first flight of the prototype. Flown by Major Ahn Jun-hyun of the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF), the aircraft took off at 3:40 p.m. local time for a 33-minute flight from Sacheon airfield, home to the ROKAF’s 3rd Training Wing. The aircraft bears the flags of both South Korea and Indonesia, the latter being a 20 percent partner in the program.


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