He‘s on an official 10 day-trip to India, Türkiye and UAE to promote defense cooperation.In the case of a Baykar visit, their HQ campus being in Istanbul tho, it's a two stop visit. ROKAF chief visited Turkey to meet with TurAF chief in Ankara and then met with TSK chief. After that they probably took a plane ride to Istanbul to visit Baykar and left for their next destination or back to Korea. It's not weird per se, but just a simple visit and photo exchange for all those hours and cost is interesting. How does ROKAF explain the cost of the flight to Istanbul to the state comptroller? Bureaucracy in Korea is not non existent.
Korean top military is interested in advanced Turkish drone technology, therefore a visit to Baykar is a must.
„He will also discuss ways to promote cooperation with each respective country in various fields, such as unmanned aircraft, the space industry and air defense, as well as exchanges of pilot personnel, it added.“
Air Force chief of staff to visit India, Turkey, UAE to discuss cooperation | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Young-su ...
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