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Military to Buy More Advanced Trainer Jets

Military to Buy More Advanced Trainer Jets

SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military has decided to purchase more T-50 advanced trainer jets from a local producer, the nation’s arms agency said Monday. The decision was made at the 105th session of the weapons procurement committee, presided over by Defense Minister Song Young-moo, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration [...]

S. Korea’s Jet Trainer Successfully Completes 5,000 Test Flights

S. Korea’s Jet Trainer Successfully Completes 5,000 Test Flights

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s T-50 jet and its variants have successfully completed 5,000 test flights, highlighting the reliability of the plane being marketed abroad as a next-generation advanced trainer, the country’s sole aircraft company said Monday.  The T-50 and T-50A advanced trainers, the TA-50 lead-in fighter trainer and the FA-50 two-seat [...]

T-50 Trainer Jet Crashes at Indonesian Air Show, Killing 2 Pilots

T-50 Trainer Jet Crashes at Indonesian Air Show, Killing 2 Pilots

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A T-50 trainer jet fighter crashed during an air show in Indonesia on Sunday, killing two pilots aboard, local media reported. The light attack aircraft, made by Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), crashed on the second day of an air show celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Air Force Flight School in Yogyakarta, a tourist city on the main island of Java. Indonesian Air Force spokesman Dwi Badarmanto [...]