BIG AVIATION REPORT

Sun, Oct 11, 2026, 19:32:04 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE

THE 120 FIGHTERS THIS COUNTRY IS BUILDING TO REPLACE ITS F-4S & F-5S BY 2032...

South Korea is pushing to modernize its Cold War-era fighter jets rapidly as the defense landscape in Asia, and around the world, is swiftly making its oldest airframes obsolete.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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