Posted on 03/06/2025 10:02:59 AM PST by Navy Patriot
South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped bombs on a civilian area during a live-fire training exercise with the U.S. on Thursday, injuring multiple people and damaging multiple buildings, including three houses and a Catholic church.
The MK-82 bombs "abnormally" released by the KF-16 fighter jet fell outside a firing range, causing unspecified civilian damages, the air force said in a statement.
Reports of the number of people injured varied, but South Korea’s Yonhap news agency put the number at 15, including civilians and soldiers. Two of the injured were serious but not life-threatening, the outlet reported. At least seven buildings were damaged.
The air force said the fighter jets were taking part in the air force's joint live-firing drills with the army. It apologized for the incident and promised to establish a committee to investigate the cause of the accident and the extent of the damage.
South Korean media reported that the accident happened in Pocheon, a city near the heavily armed border with North Korea. In a televised briefing, Pocheon Mayor Paek Young-hyun called the bombings "awful" and urged the military to halt drills in the city until it formulates reliable steps that can prevent a recurrence.
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I wish I could do that. I have some very special places for accidental bomb releases.
Solly!
Think Nolan Ryan’s 100 mph fastball. He was ‘wildly’ effective.
Gaslighting!!!
The eight 500-lb. bombs were normally released by two fighter jets, but the location where the bombs were released was based on wrong coordinates the pilot entered for the bombing site.
Earlier reports left the impression that it was USAF jets that did this. Glad for the clarification.
Word to your moms, I came to drop bombs...
Gee, I wonder what this button does?..............
Well, the text of the article could be correct if the pilots are Globalists, Homosexuals, Pedophiles, Zeepers or DemoRats, they are all genuinely "abnormal".
Otherwise, you are probably right.
...released by the KF-16 fighter jet.
This indicates that the author of the text is Abnormal as well.
Seems abnormals are the cause of all our problems lately.
Its a cover up. The damage was really done by a flying ant from Jeju Island.
At least it wasn’t napalm, like the South Vietnamese.
Embarrassing for a Korea that is trying to rival the U.S. in 3rd party weapons sales.
Not necessarily, got bombed @ FAC school by the wingman of USN F-18. He was ‘buddy bombing’. Lead was cleared for the target 1500 meters from the FAC OP, wingman was offset 1500 meters towards the OP. He strafed with blue death thankfully, 5 meters in front of our mortars, and dropped his Mk-82 103 meters from us. Fortunately, about 5 meters beyond the military crest of the finger we were located so no one died.
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