CHEONGJU, South Korea, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The commencement ceremony for the 65th class of the Korea Air Force Academy was held in Cheongju on Friday, attended by 155 air force graduates, including 14 female students, and four overseas cadets from Thailand, Mongolia, Vietnam, and Algeria. The ceremony was highlighted by an air show [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States plans to deploy 12 F-16 fighter planes to South Korea this month, the U.S. Pacific Air Forces Command said Wednesday, Washington’s first deployment of military assets since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump. “Approximately 200 airmen and 12 F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 119th Fighter [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – For the first time in the history of South Korean Air Force, three female majors – Park Ji-won, Park Ji-yeon, and Ha Jung-mi – were appointed as squadron leaders, 15 years after Korea saw its first female air force pilot. The leaders will be in charge of aiding their [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The Republic of Korea Air Force announced Monday that it had completed upgrading its F-16 fighter jets, equipping them with AIM-120 mid-range air-to-air missiles and GBU-31JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) air-to-ground guided bombs, which will enable them to strike key underground facilities in North Korea and shoot down combat [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to deploy dozens of “jamming proof” air-to-ground guided missiles that can be carried on its F-15K fighters in a bid to bolster its strike capabilities amid mounting military threats from North Korea, military officials said Tuesday. Dozens of Taurus missiles will be brought in from Germany [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States on Friday held a meeting of their top air force commanders to discuss the allies’ combined air power operations, according to the Air Force. Some 100 senior commanders from the two allies attended the 2016 Air Bose Conference and talked about ways to [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent hacking attempt on South Korea’s Air Force’s website apparently used methods mostly employed by North Korean hackers, a military source said Friday, raising suspicion that Pyongyang might have been behind the cyberattack. Military authorities have been conducting an investigation into a suspected hacking attempt into the official [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s state arms procurement agency on Thursday said it has picked U.S. company General Electric (GE) as the preferred bidder to supply engines for the country’s next-generation fighter jets. The U.S. company has been picked as the supplier for the Korean Fighter Experimental (KF-X) program, according to the [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Air Force website has been experiencing problems for 13 days due to an unidentified hacking attack, local officials said Wednesday. An official said the Air Force suspended its website operations from the early morning of May 12 when malicious code was found in it. The Air Force [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Low wages and poor working conditions are pushing a growing number of Air Force pilots out the door, studies showed Sunday. According to the Air Force, 127 pilots left the military last year, up from 124 in 2013 and 113 in 2012. It said the majority of those were [...]