Exclusive: UAE intensifies interest in South Korean KF-21 fighter jet with flight test by UAE Defense Undersecretary.

According to information published by the Republic of Korea Air Force on August 7, 2025, South Korea’s Air Force Chief of Staff, General Lee Young-soo, and the United Arab Emirates Defense Undersecretary, Ibrahim Nasser Mohammed Al Alawi, conducted a high-profile friendship flight from Sacheon Air Base in South Gyeongsang Province. General Lee piloted a Korean-made FA-50 light combat aircraft while Al Alawi took the rear seat of a KF-21 Boramae prototype, marking the first time a UAE defense leader has directly experienced South Korea’s most advanced fighter aircraft. Read full Defense Aerospace News at this link ...

UAE Defense Undersecretary Ibrahim Nasser Mohammed Al Alawi gives a thumbs up from the rear seat of a KF21 Boramae during a friendship flight at Sacheon Air Base with South Korea Air Force Chief of Staff Lee Young-soo on August 7, 2025. (Picture source: South Korea Air Force)

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