KT-1 Korean Basic Trainer
KO-1 Forward Air Control
On May 29, 2003 KAI announced the development of a variant of the KT-1, the KO-1 forward air control plane. The KO-1 is an armed variant of the KT-1 trainer completed a test run where it fired guns and dropped bombs. It is also capable of mounting rocket launchers and exterior fuel tanks. The company is optimistic this new variant will be exported to many foreign markets. The KO-1 (XKO) features two hardpoints under each wing and one under the fuselage for seven-round rocket launchers (LAU-3A, LAU-131A), gun pods, drop tanks and Sidewinder missiles.On December 17, 2003 ROKAF signed a contract for twenty aircraft. The first aircraft was presented on July 27, 2005 and first deliveries to replace the O-2A's of the 237 TCS at Seongnam took place in August.
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