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S. Korea earmarks additional 1 tln won to upgrade F-15K fighters
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Yonhap) -- The government has approved a plan to spend more than 1 trillion won (US$696 million) than initially planned to upgrade its F-15K fighter fleets in deployment since 2005 ...
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ExclusiveMaintenance cost for F-15K soars 10-fold over 4 years
It took delivery of 40 by 2008 and 13 more as of the end of 2011. An F-15K crashed during a night training flight in June 2006 off the east coast, raising doubts over the reliability of the aircraft.
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US bombers make year’s first shoulder-to-shoulder flight with Japan, South Korea
Two Mitsubishi F-2s of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and two F-15K Slam Eagles of the South Korean air force escorted a pair of Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers in a show of deterrence and ...