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Friday, June 27, 2008

S. Korean Air Force Skeptical About Stealth Fighters

The Air Force expressed skepticism about the potential purchase of U.S. stealth fighter jets Thursday, citing their high operational and maintenance costs over operational requirements on the Korean Peninsula.

The move is in contrast to the service's previous position on the purchase of combat aircraft equipped with radar-evading stealth technology in the coming years.

''There are lots of question marks as to the purchase of F-22s or F-35s, given the aircraft's low cost effectiveness, and the fact their performance criteria are beyond that required on the peninsula,'' Brig. Gen. Lee Hee-woo, chief of the Air Force's combat capabilities development department, said at a security forum in Seoul.

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