Seoul to Push Ahead With Plan to Buy More F-15K Jets

Posted on: Nov. 8th, 2007 || Source: koreatimes.co.kr | E-mail Article | Print Article

Seoul to Push Ahead With Plan to Buy More F-15K Jets

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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