[Yang Nak-gyu's Defence photo] The Moment of Takeoff of Korean Fighter KF-21

[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] The Korean fighter jet (KF-21) ‘Boramae’ successfully completed its first flight on the 19th. On that day, the KF-21 prototype took off around 3:40 PM and landed around 4:13 PM.

With the success of the first flight, South Korea became the 8th country in the world to develop a supersonic fighter jet, taking off 21 years and 4 months after the declaration of the KF-X project. It has been 21 years and 4 months since the KF-X project was announced.

The first flight was piloted by Major Ahn Jun-hyun (Air Force Academy Class 54) of the Air Force 52nd Test and Evaluation Squadron.

The KF-21 project is valued at a total scale of 8.8 trillion won, making it the "largest power enhancement project since the era of Dangun." The KF-21 began as the Korean Fighter eXperimental (KF-X) project when President Kim Dae-jung declared in August 2001, "We will develop a domestically produced fighter jet by 2015."

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