S. Korean Air Force To Showcase T-50B Aircraft At Singapore AirShow

  • Our Bureau
  • 03:28 PM, December 16, 2013
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Black Eagles, the South Korean Air Force special squadron, will part in the Singapore Air Show with T-50B aircraft.

On December 4, DAPA (Defense Acquisition Program Administration) said that the Singapore Air Show, one of three international air shows, would be held from February 11-16, and the Black Eagles would participate in the show to promote exporting Korean aircraft, specifically the T-50.

The feature of engagement in this Singapore Air Show is that we fly directly while the T-50 is taken apart, delivered and re-built in the last the U.K. one.

T-50B aircraft will depart from Jeju and arrive at Changi Airport in Singapore, via Indonesia, etc. Korean Air Force will dispatch three C-130 transport planes and 50 support personnel to conduct maintenance and fueling missions at stops.

“This long flight will be a good opportunity to demonstrate the T-50’s cruising ability. Black Eagles will fly once a day during the Air Show and show off its superiority and the Korean Air Force’s to every country,” DAPA official was quoted as saying by Defense Aerospace.

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