Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae Multirole Fighter Family
The Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae is a South Korean multirole fighter family developed by KAI for advanced airpower and progressive indigenous fighter capability. The twin-engine fixed-wing design completed its first flight in July 2022, progressed through supersonic, weapons-separation, and provisional combat-suitability testing, and is moving from system development toward initial production and service entry.
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Identity
- Aliases
- KF-21 BoramaeKF-21KF-XBoramae
- Family Name
- KAI KF-21 Boramae
- Full Name
- Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae Multirole Fighter Family
- Roles
- military
- Status
- development
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae is a South Korean multirole fighter family developed by KAI for advanced airpower and progressive indigenous fighter capability. The twin-engine fixed-wing design completed its first flight in July 2022, progressed through supersonic, weapons-separation, and provisional combat-suitability testing, and is moving from system development toward initial production and service entry.
- First Flight Year
- 2,022
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- KF-21 Boramae F414 installation
- Notes
- The KF-21 uses two GE F414-family afterburning turbofans. GE identifies the exact F414-GE-400K variant for the KF-X/KF-21; the canonical F414 family node is used here because no deployed exact variant row exists.
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.koreaaero.com/EN/Business/KF21.aspx
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 22:41:29 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 22:46:07 UTC