Aftermath of the Misfire Accident in Pocheon… Pilot Training Strengthened
U.S. and South Korea to Continue FS but Suspend Live-Fire Drills,
Pocheon Bomb Misfire Accident – On the 6th, during a South Korea-U.S. joint training at Seungjin Training Field in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, a shell fell on a private residence causing casualties. The area where the accident occurred is now under control. March 6, 2025, Pool Photo,
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, ‘The Air Force has restricted all aircraft flights and strengthened safety training in the aftermath of the fighter jet’s misfire accident on private property.’,
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, ‘According to military sources on the 7th, the Air Force has restricted the flights of all types, including the accident-involved KF-16, except for some essential forces like surveillance and emergency standby, since the incident the previous day.’,
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, ‘ MobileAdNew center ‘, ‘The Air Force plans to maintain the flight restrictions at least until next week and has commenced incident case education and in-depth training on vulnerabilities before flights for all pilots.’,
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, ‘Air Force Chief of Staff Lee Young-soo stated the previous day, “We will establish measures to prevent such accidents from happening again,” and added, “Using this incident as an opportunity, we will conduct comprehensive safety education for all personnel handling aerial weaponry, including all pilots, and supplement the verification process.”’,
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, ‘Although the U.S. Forces Korea are not directly related to this accident, they decided to suspend live-fire drills since the incident occurred during the joint South Korea-U.S. exercise.’,
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, ‘The U.S. Forces Korea stated, “The United States and South Korean forces have decided to suspend all live-fire training,” while noting, “Despite this suspension, the planned Command Post Exercise (CPX) ‘Freedom Shield’ (FS) will proceed as scheduled.”’,
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, ‘ MobileAdNew center ‘, ‘The U.S. and South Korea will conduct the regular joint exercise ‘Freedom Shield’ (FS) starting on the 10th.’,
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, ‘Just before the official start of FS, an unprecedented accident occurred on the previous day during the first joint integrated fire live-fire exercise of the year in the Seungjin Science Training Area in Pocheon, where two air force KF-16s dropped a total of eight unguided MK-82 bombs on private homes instead of the training range.’,
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, ‘The Air Force initially explained that the pilot mistakenly entered the target coordinates. The Air Force has established an accident investigation committee chaired by Deputy Chief of Staff Park Ki-wan to investigate the accident’s cause and assess the damage.\n’]