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Fighter jet hurtles into a mountain outside Seoul shortly after take-off. 

Fast forward and we are again greeted with headlines for yet another “100% indigenously made” fighter jet, this time a “state of the art” two-seater called the Kowsar. And yet it appears identical to an F-5F Tiger II two-seater jet.

It's so good that it was a successful export product throughout the Cold War.

While around five hundred of the jets continue to see service in the United States, they are used as trainer aircraft, and as “aggressor aircraft” that pilots practice against in training exercises

Through. >> i felt the shaking of the house next thing i knew the tub had lifted and it was out of my hands. i couldnt hold on. >> incredibly, they survived as places like mayfield begin their cleanup efforts, support is pouring in from across the country. including one city that knows what lies ahead all too well in 2007, an ef-5 tornado shredded 95% of greensburg, kansas. including the home of peter and haley marks. >> probably for the next six months, we were kind of just operating in shock. ...

Pyongyang’s Korean People’s Army Air Force (KPAAF) is a decrepit cavalcade of clunkers with little to no battlefield value, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. 

Nature, gabe, have you? >> yeah, you know, jose, its really tough to measure any of these and compare natural disasters, but, yes, as you mentioned, if you want to talk in terms of numbers, the joplin tornado, of course, sadly had a higher death toll. and there are other places, i remember in moore, oklahoma, back in 2013, the devastation there from that ef-5 tornado stretched for miles. but this one, so widespread, over several states, and right now, we dont know the full scope of the death tol...

He toured mayfield, walked the ground and toured it from the air as well. he spoke to a woman that was sitting on a pile of bricks just like behind me. discussed with her what she has gone through. he saw the damage from the air. tremendous amount of damage here as day four after this tornado and the activity of people picking up still and trying to figure out exactly what came through here, whether it was an ef-4 or ef-5. the national weather service looking at that. biden gave some remarks. le...

Not this is ef-4 or ef-5. ef-5 is rare, that would be over 200 mile per hour winds. everything on the ground devastated. town of 2500 people and 75% of the town is levelled off the face of the earth. ive been talking to people today who lost neighbors, friends, they are reeling here and trying to figure out what they are going to do next. one woman told me they will rebuild but she is not sure what that rebuilding process is going to look like. nearly 70 miles away in mayfield, it seems like thi...

Weather officials have confirmed a Cass County tornado was part of a deadly storm system...