According to the South Korean media, South Korean aviation corporation Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has announced on 19^th July 2016, about signing the deal with Senegal AF for deliveries of 4pcs turbo-prop KT-1S combat-trainer. Other details of the contract are undisclosed. For KAI it will be the first sale of aviation technology to the African continent.

Turbo-prop driven KT-1 Woongbi has been in serial production since 1999, and it is widely believed to be unlicensed copy of the Swiss PC-9 turboprop combat-trainer. So far, South Korean Air force has acquired 105 frames from serial production (85pcs KT-1 and 20pcs KA-1). It has been sold to Turkey – 40 pcs KT-1T; Indonesia – 17pcs KT-1B and Peru – KT-1P. Thus, Senegal has become 4^th foreign customer for KT-1.

It has been reported, that in April 2013 Senegal has ordered 3 pcs of Brazilian Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano, which is comparable to KT-1. The credit for the Senegal was supposed to be given by Brazilian Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social bank. However, until today those aircraft were not delivered and it is evident that 4 pcs of KT-1 are purchased instead.

21^st July 2016