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South Korea To Restart Fighter Jet Competition After Unsatisfactory Bids

Gally Articola

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

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South Korea will restart bidding in mid-August for its multi-billion dollar fighter jet competition after offerors and Seoul couldn’t come to terms in the previous rounds, according to a key Air Force official. “Frankly, all the competitors came in and didn’t meet the target the (South) Korea government was looking for,” Pacific Air Forces Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle said on July 29 as part of a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington. “(South) Korea had to make a decision to…

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