February 12 is the third day of the first month of the Dragon Year of the Chinese Lunar Calendar, and the people of the whole country celebrate the beautiful time of the Spring Festival.
According to information disclosed by the media on the island of Taiwan, the air force of the Republic of Korea, in three batches, a total of nine military planes, landed at the Kaohsiung airport in Taiwan (province). At present, it is unclear whether the nine military planes of the South Korean Air Force were accompanied and intercepted by Chinese fighter jets during their flight to the island of Taiwan.
According to pictures published on the Internet and information released by the South Korean Air Force, the nine military aircraft belong to the FA-50 light attack aircraft. It is a modification and upgrade of the Korean Aerospace Industries Corporation (KAI) on the basis of the T-50 "Golden Eagle" light trainer to replace the old American-made F-5E/F light fighter equipped by the South Korean Air Force.
The ROK Air Force is equipped with 60 FA-50 light fighters, which have now been exported to Thailand, the Philippines, Iraq, Poland, and other countries, becoming a "fist" military product exported by ROK military aircraft, and gradually gaining a reputation in the international arms market.
The FA-50 light attack aircraft uses an F404-GE-102 turbofan engine developed by General Electric Aviation, with an empty body weight of 6.45 tons and a maximum take-off weight of 11.98 tons.
The initial batch of FA-50 is equipped with pulse-Doppler radar and a high-speed datalink system. The subsequent batch of FA-50 is equipped with the "PhantomStrike" active electronically scanning array radar provided by Raytheon, which improves its detection range and accuracy to varying degrees.
The aircraft is equipped with one M61A1 20 mm "Vulcan" 6-barreled rotary machine gun, which can carry two AIM-9 "Sidewinder" short-range air-to-air missiles and six AGM-65G "Maverick" air-to-surface missiles under normal conditions.
The practical ceiling is 14,630 meters, the maximum range is 1,850 kilometers, the combat radius is 500-800 kilometers (depending on the load weight of the plug-in), the maximum flight speed is Mach 1.5, and the maximum payload is 4.5 tons.
The FA-50 light attack aircraft, which once conducted live-fire training with AGM-65G air-to-surface missiles over the eastern waters of the Korean Peninsula, launched the AIM-9 "Sidewinder" close-range combat missile at an altitude of 1,200 meters, accurately hitting targets 7 kilometers away.
It proved that this light fighter, with a maximum take-off weight of less than 12 tons, is capable of accurately striking targets on land and at sea. The ROK Air Force selected the FA-50 light fighter as a performance military aircraft for its Air Force's Black Hawk aerobatic team.
By allowing the FA-50 light fighter to participate in air shows in other countries or participate in joint exercises with foreign militaries, the ROK Air Force has a strategic consideration to raise the profile of the light fighter and allow the FA-50 to enter the international arms market.
It has been learned that the FA-50 light attack planes of the ROK Air Force, including the KC-130 air tanker plane, which is sometimes accompanied by flights, have flown to Taiwan Province of China several times in a row and landed at the relevant airfields on China's treasure island.
The South Korean military landed in Taiwan, China's Taiwan (province) on the grounds that they needed to "refuel in transit" on the grounds that they were flying to Singapore and Malaysia, and they were prevaricating and perfunctory, which can be regarded as an explanation to Chinese mainland. In fact, the South Korean military's move is a violation of the "one China" principle and a deliberate act to disgust China.
In fact, netizens with a little geographical knowledge know that when military aircraft taking off from South Korea and heading to Singapore, Malaysia and other ASEAN countries, when "transit refueling", they can choose Chinese mainland's airports in Fuzhou, Xiamen and other places to stop, and refuel on the ground, which will definitely not affect the FA-50 light fighter to fly to ASEAN countries.
In addition, Kadena airfields in Japan and airfields in the Philippines along the route can provide "transit refueling" for FA-50 light fighters of the South Korean Air Force. In addition, the South Korean Air Force's FA-50 light fighter formations are sometimes accompanied by KC-130 air tankers, which can be refueled in the air if necessary, without affecting the flight of these light fighters to destinations in ASEAN and other countries.
This time, the South Korean military announced that these nine FA-50 light fighters, which belong to the South Korean Air Force's Black Hawk "aerobatic display group", landed at Kaohsiung Airport in Taiwan (province) and only refueled in transit. Then, it will fly to Singapore to participate in the air show, not deliberately provoking the Chinese side.
It was the time of the Chinese New Year, when Guoping heard that the "green beret" special operations unit located in the North American power had been stationed on the two islands of Penghu and Kinmen, one of our treasure islands, he was already unhappy.
Now, the nine FA-50 light fighters of the South Korean Air Force have once again landed at Kaohsiung Airport in Taiwan, China, at a sensitive period under the guise of "transit refueling" of "one sticker from the old side", which has really seriously affected the mood of the New Year.
I don't know if the readers who are lucky enough to see Guoping Vision writing this article will be affected as much as the author of this article, and displeasure should be the minimum. Military fans are all patriotic, and patriotism is generally relatively high.
The "Black Hawk" aerobatic team, equipped with FA-50 light fighters, belongs to the South Korean Air Force, and is not a civilian air show team. There is no doubt that landing in China's Taiwan (province) for any reason is a provocation against China.
On the third day of the first month of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the ROK Air Force sincerely added obstruction to the Chinese government and the opposition, which was an extremely annoying act. It cannot be ruled out that there is an intention to cooperate with the "Green Berets" special operations forces, thus confirming that South Korea is determined to stand with the North American powers.
Since taking office, Yoon Suk-yeol has made a lot of nonsense on the Taiwan Strait issue and the South China Sea issue, changed his predecessor's policy of cautiously balancing the major powers, and willingly became a pawn of the North American powers to contain China's rise.
This will not bring any benefit to South Korea, a small country with an area of only 100,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 50 million on the Korean Peninsula, but it prefers to boast of being "the first in Asia" or even "the first in the universe." Judging from the development of human history, the final outcome of this peninsula country will definitely not be too good, and I believe that many netizens and readers have the opportunity to witness it.