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The T-50 Full Scale Development team celebrated completion of the 1,000th flight of the new advanced jet trainer in May at Korea Aerospace Industries facilities at Sacheon, South Korea. The event was attended by representatives of the Republic of Korea Air Force, other Korean government agencies, and the international industry team building the T-50. The T-50 is being developed by Korea Aerospace Industries with assistance from Lockheed Martin. The flight test program, now nearly ninety percent complete, is expected to be finished on schedule this fall. T-50 flight testing began on 20 August 2002. The fourth and last test aircraft began flying on 4 September 2003.
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