Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae Multirole Fighter Family
The Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae is South Korea’s indigenous twin-engine multirole fighter programme, developed with Indonesian participation as a 4.5-generation platform for air defence and precision strike. Official Korean sources identify the KF-21 as a backbone fighter for the Republic of Korea Air Force; the programme has progressed from flight testing into initial type certification and mass-production rollout while later blocks remain developmental.
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Identity
- Aliases
- KF-21KF-21 BoramaeBoramaeKF-XKFXKorean Fighter eXperimentalKF-21 Block I
- Family Name
- Korea Aerospace Industries 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 South Korea’s indigenous twin-engine multirole fighter programme, developed with Indonesian participation as a 4.5-generation platform for air defence and precision strike. Official Korean sources identify the KF-21 as a backbone fighter for the Republic of Korea Air Force; the programme has progressed from flight testing into initial type certification and mass-production rollout while later blocks remain developmental.
- First Flight Year
- 2,022
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 2
- Placement
- fuselage
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Variant Notes
- Two GE F414-family afterburning turbofans; exact production suffix is not separately canonicalized.
- Name
- KF-21 F414 installation
- Notes
- The KF-21 uses two GE F414-family afterburning turbofans; the exact F414-GE-400K suffix remains source-preserved without creating a duplicate propulsion node.
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- Creation Time
- August 12, 2026 at 19:13:00 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 12, 2026 at 19:13:00 UTC