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South Korea to produce its own F-16 flight simulators

Seoul, South Korea - To allow pilots to stay up-to-date amid the high fuel costs

South Korean DAPA (Defense Acquisition Program Administration) announced that the Asian country is going to produce about 12 Lockheed Martin F-16/KF-16 Fighting Falcon flight simulators of its own. This will help south-Korean pilots to stay up-to-date keeping training costs sustainable. Previously the country's pilots used simulators supplied by the American company Raytheon. Production has been...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1108232
Rome, Italy, 08/07/2009 16:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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