North Korea Would Have No Chance Against the F-35 in a War. None.
By
Eli Fuhrman
Published
1 hour ago
The F-35 Lightning II has emerged as one of the world’s premier multirole fighter aircraft, with the U.S. Air Force now operating more of the fifth-generation aircraft than any other fighter model other than several variants of the long-serving F-16. In addition to its impressive capabilities that no fighter can match, the F-35 is also unique in that it is the only stealth fighter with a major export market. The F-35 program has seven additional international program partners involved in the program as well as six Foreign Military Sales customers all having received or placed orders for F-35s.
One such country is South Korea, which in 2014 signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the purchase of 40 F-35A aircraft. The first F-35 built for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) – dubbed aircraft AW-1 – was first unveiled in March of 2018, with pilot training beginning shortly thereafter at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. South Korea’s first F-35s were then transferred Chongju Air Base in 2019, where they were placed into operational service.
In October of 2019, South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that the country would be purchasing an additional 20 F-35s, and as of October 2020 South Korea had taken ownership of 24 F-35s.
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