Seoul to Push Ahead With Plan to Buy More F-15K Jets
Source URL: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/11/205_13364.htmlPosted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/2821
South Korea's F-15K Slam Eagle fighter jets are operating normally and the country's plan to introduce more aircraft from Boeing Co. remains on track despite the U.S. grounding of its F-15 planes, Air Force and company officials said Thursday.
The U.S. Air Force has grounded all of its F-15 fighter jets because of worries over a possible structural failure of the model after a plane crash in Missouri early this month.
"The F-15Ks here are in normal service," South Korean Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Moon Chae-wook said.
He said the U.S. Air Force confirmed there are no mechanical hitches in the F-15K, an upgrade of the U.S. F-15 jets.
FILE PHOTO - F-15Ks en route to Korea
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