Korea KF-X/ IF-X (KF-21) program

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Seoul ADEX 2025 KF-21 Boramae Demonstration Flight Rehearsal

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1979106295149138103

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1979031937525137872

I'm glad the weather is nice today. Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy and cloudy, so it won't be great....

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1979516418191143030

KF-21 cockpit

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1979746905728151671

A lot of Japanese people came to this year's ADEX. Thanks to that, I got to see some great photos online.

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1981376193355043277

 

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ROKAF Chief of Staff boarded the KF-21 for his first command flight since taking office.

+ Photo during the Meteor Live-Fire Test(It must have been last May.).

 

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I think that Indonesia agreed to the establishment and maintenance of infrastructure for production and final assembly of KF-21 many years ago. It did not do it. What value would there be in Indonesia again agreeing to the establishment and maintenance of infrastructure for production and final assembly?

In any event, is the country still seriously interested in procuring KF-21 when it has already committed to ordering KAAN?

 

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I think that Indonesia agreed to the establishment and maintenance of infrastructure for production and final assembly many years ago. It did not do it. What value would there be in Indonesia again agreeing to the establishment and maintenance of infrastructure for production and final assembly?

In any event, why would the country be interested in procuring KF-21 when it has already committed to ordering KAAN?

Indonesia is buying everything at once even though it doesn't have enough money for it. Only rafale is certain as it's already being produced. It also could be they are buying all of it with a very large line of credit

 

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I think that Indonesia agreed to the establishment and maintenance of infrastructure for production and final assembly of KF-21 many years ago. It did not do it. What value would there be in Indonesia again agreeing to the establishment and maintenance of infrastructure for production and final assembly?

In any event, is the country still seriously interested in procuring KF-21 when it has already committed to ordering KAAN?

Well? I once received advice from someone about how to approach Indonesia, and the gist was that you need tremendous patience to build relationships there. People often say that patience is something Koreans lack. I think we Koreans are in the process of learning that patience.

 

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KF-21 ground attack capability , scheduled for 2028, may be introduced in 2026.

South Korea moves to speed up KF-21 Block 2, maritime helicopter acquisitions

South Korea has announced that it is accelerating the acquisition of the Block 2 version of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 ‘Boramae' fighter aircraft for the...

www.janes.com

 

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KF-21 ground attack capability , scheduled for 2028, may be introduced in 2026.

South Korea moves to speed up KF-21 Block 2, maritime helicopter acquisitions

South Korea has announced that it is accelerating the acquisition of the Block 2 version of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 ‘Boramae' fighter aircraft for the...

www.janes.com

2026 is too early. It will be phased in starting from the first half of 2027.