Dakar eyes Korean FA-50 warplanes after Czech deal falls through
Citat:General Sarr, the head of the Senegalese air force, is looking for a new supplier for four light combat aircraft after a deal with Aero Vodochody fell through. He is likely to pick FA-50s made by Korea Aerospace Industries
Colombia chooses the KAI TA/FA-50 as its new advanced training aircraft
Citat:Colombia has selected the Korean Aerospace Industries TA/FA-50 as its future advanced trainer aircraft to replace its current Cessna A-37B aircraft fleet about to be retired from service.
This decision comes months after a Colombian delegation, headed by the Vice-Minister of Defense and the second-in-command of the Colombian Air Force, visited South Korea in the second half of last year.
Citat:SANTIAGO, Chile — Colombia’s Air Force has chosen a mix of TA-50 and FA-50 Golden Eagles as its next jet trainers, military sources told Defense News.
The Air Force plans to acquire at least 20 advanced jet trainers with air-to-air and air-to-ground combat capabilities under a project estimated to be worth $600 million.
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LIG Nex1 proposes new radar for FA-50 being offered to Malaysia during airpower conference Citat:Choi said 60 fighters aircraft manufactured by Korea Aerospace Industry should be acquired to replace the F-4s and F-5s in service with the Republic of Korea Air Force. Choi says 20 FA-50s, 20 KF-21s and 20 F-35s can be bought to trim the time frame by 3 to 5 years.
At the same conference, a representative from LIG Nex1 spoke about a proposal to Malaysia to equip the FA-50 with a new radar and electronic warfare system from his company to sweeten the deal to sell the light fighter to the South East Asia nation. Currently, the FA-50 uses a radar from Israel, a state from which Malaysia does not have diplomatic recognition.
Slovaci, Poljaci i ostali u razgovoru sa predstavnicima KAI na sajmu u Bratislavi.
Citat:At the exhibition, it was reported that the Slovak defense departments showed interest in the FA-50, and KAI also discussed the state of preparation for industrial cooperation between the two countries with the Slovak Defense Industry Association.
In addition, KAI presented the KF-21 fighter, the FA-50 light attack aircraft and the LAH gunship helicopter, and conducted interviews with potential exporting countries in need of replacing obsolete fighters, such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria. , Croatia and Finland, including Slovakia.
Posle posete Poljskog ministra odbrane tamo je bila i Poljska delegacije da vidi ponude za K2 i FA-50.
Navodno bi poslednju modernizovanu verziju FA-50 kao zamenu za MIG-29 ali jos nije donesena odluka. Ceka se misljenje delegacije po povratku u Poljsku.
