South Korea grounds its Tigers

The Republic of Korea Air Force has grounded its fleet of Northrop F-5E/F Tiger IIs.

Gary Parsons - 3-Mar-2010

RoKAF F-5F. RoKAF image

March 3: News agency AFP reports that the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) has grounded its fleet of Northrop F-5E/F Tiger IIs following the loss of two aircraft on March 2.

Three pilots were killed when the two aircraft crashed into a mountain near the east coast. A spokesman for the RoKAF said that the fleet of approximately 170 F-5E/Fs would remain grounded until the cause of the crash was determined.

As well as the F-5Es, the RoKAF operates a handful of older F-5A/B ‘Freedom Fighters’ in the reconnaissance role.

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