{"id":11456,"date":"2022-09-18T02:12:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T00:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=11456"},"modified":"2022-09-19T14:09:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T12:09:31","slug":"poland-signs-deal-to-buy-48-fa-50-combat-aircraft-from-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/poland-signs-deal-to-buy-48-fa-50-combat-aircraft-from-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland signs deal to buy 48 FA-50 combat aircraft from South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Poland has finalized a defense deal worth $3 billion with South Korea to purchase FA-50 light combat aircraft.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poland\u2019s Ministry of National Defence has signed two contracts to buy 48 FA-50 light attack aircraft from South Korea. The first 12 jets are expected to be delivered next year and a further 36 aircraft in the years 2025 to 2028. The two contracts were signed at Mi\u0144sk Mazowiecki airbase near Warsaw on September 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polish President Andrzej Duda said, \u201cthe implementation of the program to introduce the FA-50 aircraft<\/span><\/a> to the Polish military will allow us to fully resign from using the [Soviet-designed] MiG-29 and Su-22 aircraft\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korea’s sole aircraft maker Korea Aerospace Industries<\/span><\/a> (KAI) inked the executive contract with Warsaw’s Armament Agency as a follow-up to the framework contract signed in July to supply the fighters to the European country, according to the country’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FA-50 Fighting Eagle Jet during a test flight. (Image Credit: Republic of Korea Air Force\/Korea Aerospace Industries)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The FA-50 is a light combat aircraft manufactured by KAI for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF). It is a light combat version of the T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft. The FA-50 is the first fighter-class military aircraft to be certified by Korean Military Aircraft Airworthiness Committee (MAAC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FA-50 specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n