Philippine Air Force Claims F-22 ‘Kill’ With FA-50

USAF F-22 in FA-50 gun camera

An image purporting to show the U.S. F-22 in the PAF FA-50 gun camera.

Credit: PAF 5th Fighter Wing
SINGAPORE—The Philippine Air Force (PAF) claims its Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50 light fighter achieved an air-to-air “kill” against a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor at Exercise Cope Thunder in July 2023. A gun camera photo with the F-22 in sight appears in a PAF 5th Fighter Wing publication, with...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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