SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Air Force fighter jet pilots were booked Thursday over last week’s accidental bombing of a village after pilot error was found to be the cause of the accident, the defense ministry said. Last Thursday, two KF-16 fighter jets dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a training range in Pocheon, [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Air Force reaffirmed pilot error as the main cause of an unprecedented mistaken bombing on a civilian town last week, as it released Monday the interim probe results of the fighter jet accident. Two KF-16 fighter jets “abnormally” dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a training range in Pocheon, [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — At least one Air Force fighter jet on Thursday misdropped eight bombs outside a training range during live-fire drills, injuring civilians in the area, officials said. The KF-16 fighter jet taking part in a live-fire exercise “abnormally” released eight MK-82 bombs outside the training range in Pocheon, 42 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The military will expand a squadron-level unit for space operations into the Space Operations Group, the Air Force said Friday, in an effort to raise its operational efficiency in the crucial security domain. A ceremony marking the launch of the group-level unit will take place at Osan Air Base [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The state arms procurement agency on Thursday delivered the first model of the new TA-50 Block 2 trainer jet to the Air Force. The delivery is part of a 1 trillion-won (US$771.8 million) project to supply 20 TA-50 Block 2 trainers to the Air Force through 2026, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Air Force staged air defense drills Monday to reinforce its combat readiness, officials said, as tensions linger over North Korea’s continued missile launches. The defensive counter air drills took place across 12 units nationwide in connection with major ongoing South Korea-U.S. combined exercise drills, officials said. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Air Force said Tuesday it will choose four civilian pilots for a flight experience on indigenous aircraft. Any Korean citizen aged over 17 can apply through the website of the Air Force until August 15. After passing the initial round of document screening and the second round of [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military is developing a training system capable of simulating air-to-air combat against artificial intelligence (AI) enemy aircraft. The Air Force said Tuesday it has signed a contract with Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI), the country’s sole aircraft manufacturer, for the development of an AI-based simulated aircraft training system [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After getting a 20-minute prior notice for this week’s aerial refueling mission, South Korean Air Force crewmembers aboard a KC-330 tanker transport aircraft shifted into full standby mode to conduct their familiar yet delicate tasks. Twenty minutes later, the pilot and refueling control personnel worked seamlessly through a raft [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean T-50B supersonic jets streaked over a southeastern Australian city during the opening ceremony of a major international air show Tuesday, marking its first aerobatic performance in the southern hemisphere. The Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles team joined the biennial Australian International Airshow and Aerospace [...]