News Update Defence's video: Indonesian Air Force Pilots to fly the KF-21 Prototype

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) will build eight prototypes of 4.5 KF-21 Boramae multirole fighter jets. Six will fly, and two will remain on the ground for tests. The first prototype, KF-21, successfully made its maiden flight on July 19, 2022. This was followed by the maiden flight of the second KF-21 prototype (002) on November 10 2022, and the third prototype (003) on January 5 2023. The three airborne prototypes are single-seater variants, and Korean test pilots flew all. While the fourth prototype (004) is a double-seat variant of the first tandem model and will carry out its first flight this year. It is widely said that the KF-21 prototype with number 005 is an aircraft that will later be sent to Indonesia as a Flying Test Bed (FTB) for PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI). So, the KF-21 005 aircraft will likely be flown by a test pilot from Indonesia, which is planned to be carried out in 2023. For information, of the six KF-21 flight test prototypes, all aircraft will carry out tests for 2,000 flights until 2026. Furthermore, the aircraft will enter the production line and be handed over to the Korean Air Force in 2028, followed by Indonesia. In the initial cooperation agreement on the jet programme previously known as KF-X and IF-X, the Korean Air Force will receive 120 jets, while the Indonesian Air Force will receive 50 aircraft. CREDIT and RESPECT TO THE FOLLOWING SOURCE : TurDef Music : is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music?ar=2&o=U COPYRIGHT : Copyright disclaimer under section 107 of the copyright act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comments, news reporting, teaching, research. Fair use is permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infriging. Nonprofit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.