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Following a dangerous maneuver by two Chinese fighter jets against a Philippine patrol aircraft over the South China Sea last week, Manila is considering deploying its South Korean-made FA-50 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) to escort its patrol aircraft during operations over the resource-rich waters.
Closer defence cooperation between Malaysia and South Korea will be a key focus when Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin visits the East Asian nation from September 8 to 13.
If Malaysia sends three F/A-18D Hornet fighter jets to Exercise Pitch Black 2024 in Australia, its neighbor, the Philippines is sending four of its FA-50PH light combat aircraft to the large-scale air force exercise.
The competition to supply fighter aircraft is intensifying in Thailand, involving three contenders, following a proposal from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to offer the FA-50 “Fighting Eagle” fighter aircraft to the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF).
South Korea aerospace giant, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is set to develop a single-seat variant of the FA-50 light fighter jet to meet the growing demand in the market for single-seat fighter aircraft.
As tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalate due to North Korea’s various missile launch tests, Seoul has mobilized fighter aircraft to conduct air exercises aimed at intercepting ballistic missiles launched by Pyongyang.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and the German defense company, Diehl Defence have entered into a partnership that will see South Korean-manufactured FA-50 and KF-21 “Boramae” fighter jets equipped with Diehl’s “IRIS-T” medium-range air-to-air missiles.
The acquisition process for the second batch of another 18 units of FA-50 light combat aircraft for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) is set to commence “soon”, as disclosed by a reliable source to Defence Security Asia.
The FA-50PH light combat aircraft of the Philippine Air Force has claimed to have successfully brought down an United Stated Air Force’s (USAF) F-22 “Raptor” fifth-generation fighter aircraft in a joint air exercise few months ago.
The FA-50 “Fighting Eagle” light combat aircraft is slated to be equipped with guided munitions such as SPEAR, ASRAAM, and Brimstone, following a collaborative effort between Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and MBDA to integrate these guided munitions into both the FA-50 and the 4.5 generation KF-21 “Boramae” fighter aircraft currently under development.