SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Air Force’s aerobatic flight team plans to join three international air shows in Britain in July, Seoul officials said Monday, marking its first visit to the European nation in 10 years. The Black Eagles team is set to participate in the Southport Air Show, Royal International [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean Air Force unit has achieved 210,000 hours of accident-free flight since 2007, officials said Monday, in a milestone highlighting its focus on safety. The 19th Fighter Wing in Chungju, 147 kilometers south of Seoul, posted the record after one of its fighters landed on its runway [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Air Force on Friday invited a child with a rare type of cancer as a one-day member of its acrobatic flight team, the Black Eagles. Choi Yoon-soo loved planes so much that he had a wish of joining an air show to watch the air maneuvers of the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of Air Force pilots who applied for discharge this year turned out to be zero since their career shift to private airlines became almost impossible due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the data that Rep. Kim Min-ki of the ruling Democratic Party received from the South [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Independence Hall of Korea revealed Thursday old photos of the Willows Korean Aviation School, the foundation of today’s South Korean Air Force, for the first time. The Willows Korean Aviation School was established in 1920 by Noh Baek-rin, the defense minister of the Provisional Government of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A project is underway to make and supply customized military apparel such as uniforms and shoes by using the three-dimensional physical information of soldiers. The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Air Force on Wednesday to promote the project. Under terms [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Air Force has launched a naming contest for the country’s next-generation fighter jet under development, officials said Friday. South Korea is building the first prototype jet for the KF-X project after its design was confirmed last year, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration. Through Oct. 30, South [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will mobilize one of its aerial tankers to send rotational troops and supplies to the United Arab Emirates later this month, officials said Sunday. The Air Force’s KC-330 aerial tanker is planning to carry the 17th batch of the 170-strong Akh Unit and fly to the UAE [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Air Force is pushing to deploy its first advanced unmanned aircraft Global Hawk within this year, sources said Friday. South Korea brought in the RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in December and has been working to put it in operation. A reconnaissance squadron was [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –- The Air Force said Monday it has abolished a regulation that forces new conscripts to have their heads fully shaved as part of efforts to better guarantee their human rights. The decision was made upon the recommendation of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, which said that such [...]