Air Force to retire aging F-5 jets by end-2027, KF-21 deployment nears

South Korea plans to accelerate the retirement of its aging F-5 fighter jets by the end of next year, the Air Force chief has said, as the country prepares to field its first domestically developed fighter jet. “We will move quickly to retire the F-5,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Son Seok-rak said during a press conference in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday evening. “We are preparing to have it retire honorably before the end of next year.” The F-5 is a US-built light fighter develop

By The Korea Herald