Philippines Grounds FA-50 Fleet After Fatal Crash

PAF fa-50

The Philippine Air Force now has a fleet of 11 FA-50s after one of its light fighters was lost during a mission.

Credit: Chen Chuanren/Aviation Week Network
SINGAPORE—The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has grounded its entire fleet of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) FA-50 light fighters after one was lost during a night mission. The FA-50 went missing shortly after 12:00 a.m. on March 4, PAF said. The aircraft was one of a pair of FA-50s that departed from...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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