The Air Force awarded Korean Air a $38.4 million contract for depot maintenance services on US F-16s operating in the Asia-Pacific region through June 2018. Activities that the company’s aerospace division, which is headquartered in Busan, South Korea, will perform include stripping and painting the F-16s and helping to upgrade them, according to the description in DOD’s Sept. 19 list of major contracts. More specifically, the work will include maintenance and inspections of wing parts, landing gear, and lower bulkheads, reported the Korea Times on Sept. 26. It will also entail spraying the jets with special radar-deflecting paint and dispatching specialists to oversee emergency repairs within operational units, according to the newspaper. Korean Air also does upkeep work on Air Force F-15s.
Celebrating 100 Years of Liquid-Fueled Rockets
March 11, 2026
March 16, 2026, marks 100 years since Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Over the past century, new and ever more capable liquid-fueled rockets have literally propelled humanity into space. Why liquid-fueled rockets?