KF-16 Pilots Reportedly Entered the Wrong Coordinates Before Accidental Bombing Strike on South Korean Village
The ROK Air Force is very luck no one was killed in this accidental bombing strike because this could have been far more tragic:
The number of houses damaged in last week’s accidental bombing of a northern village has grown from 58 to 142 following a second survey, the local government said Sunday.
The village in Pocheon, some 40 kilometers north of Seoul, suffered large-scale damage after two KF-16 fighter jets “abnormally” dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a training range during live-fire drills on Thursday.
Initially, 58 houses were reported damaged, but the number grew to 99 as of Saturday morning, and following a second survey, grew further to 142, according to the Pocheon municipal government.
Twenty-two households have evacuated their homes, while another nine households have returned following partial restoration work.
The number of injured civilians has also increased by two to 19.
You can read more at the link, but the Stars & Stripes is reporting that the wrong coordinates were entered causing the accidental bombing:
Initial investigations found the pilot of one of the KF-16s entered wrong coordinates for a bombing site. Officials said the pilots of two KF-16s had more than 200-400 hours of flying time. Lee said they likely piloted KF-16s only two to three years.
You can read more at the link, but these pilots did not have a lot of flight hours which I would not be surprised contributed to this accident.
Yeah, that’s a low flight time/novice type of mistake, would think the flight pair lead would have a little more experience than 200 – 400 hours though article doesn’t break down total time vs time in type.
So the pilot was inexperienced with around 400 hours and made a rookie mistake but the woman who flew her helicopter in front of a passenger jet with less than 500 hours was experienced so it was everything but her fault.
To help non-pilots understand, what is the ability expectation of pilots with 400-500 hours?
Oh shut up. Still going on and on about DEI. Unbelievable.
The disgust with you MAGA is universal. Just look at this woman’s disgusted face.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9njv3bNpoFI
She’s now MAGA’s public enemy number one.
There was no mention of DEI in my comment.
There were statements of fact and a question to help evaluate those facts correctly.
It is too bad you can only understand the world in relation to artificial social constructs such as race and gender.
While you may be stuck in the past with such outdated concepts, please keep your racism and sexism to yourself while the adults talk about important traits such as experience.
“…what is the ability expectation of pilots with 400-500 hours?”
We called them “co-pilots” and they were still typically in training with both an experienced aircraft commander and an instructor pilot on board. Training missions for the BUFF were 11 to 14 hours. At 400 hours, we expected them to be able to make it safely downstairs to the urinal and back to their seat with minimal assistance.
On the subject of DEI, I can’t help but notice that the MAGA crowd likes to hire mini-skirt wearing air-headed blondes to major positions.
In other words, the MAGA claim that they hire based on merit is all BS.
The MAGA are fans of DEI as long as they can hire mini-skirt wearing air-headed blondes under the DEI initiative.
I have visited some bombing ranges in my Air Force career. One person who is always at the range is the Range Control Officer. He is responsible for SAFE delivery of ordnance on targets in the bombing/gunnery range. Questions: what protocol was followed to clear the flight into the range? Did the pilots check in on arrival at the range? Did the Range Control Officer brief or confirm what targets were available or restricted on that day? No accusation intended or blame assigned; I would just like to think the Accident Investigaton Board is asking these questions.
400 hours and a flight lead?!?! incredibly irresponsible of the ROK AF to have an inexperienced pilot as a flight lead.
CH -150-170 hours of that 500 was at the rotary wing aviator course although I understand they foolishly cut back. The commercial FW ATP PIC’s operating in and out of DCA have 1500 hours just to get the rating plus the hundreds and thousands of hours they have flown since receiving the ATP. Huge disparity in flight time between the commercial FW operators and the Army UH-60 crew. Like in anything else, experience matters and it’s measured in hours in the aviation world. The UH-60 IP would be considered low time too.
KP doesn’t like fit and articulate females. Got it. For you, we’ll try to only have the ‘Tank’ Abrams types with pastel-colored hair and nose-rings.
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Oops, sorry, they were all let go. You’ll need to supply your own trannies.
It has been a while, but Mike thinks it was about 300 hours to be flight lead when he was flying the F16 (in the ROK).
It would depend on how the check ride went, and all that.
When he was in the ROK, one pilot dropped a practice bomb (fortunately it was not an explosive ordinance) out by the KIA plant. Another set the woods of the bombing range on fire by dropping several live bombs outside the area of impact.
He says if he recalls correctly they always had to visually verify the target. Some ranges aren’t controlled but generally there is a Range Control officer. Might’ve been a very high altitude drop are something.
Oh come on. Don’t talk about President Trump’s spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, like that.
The left doesn’t believe a woman can be competent and sexy.
The left likes to install women who are barely women…
…and aren’t really that competent.
The left is a self-destructive ideology in so many ways.
They have their times in power… through empty promises to stupid people… but it always devolves to staying in power through violence.
And lefty women are not feminine.
That’s a deal-breaker for me.
But the left attracts the ghays…
…so not for them.
Why not just hire a Chat GPT AI, instead of her? Save tax payer’s money, make government efficient and cut waste. Why doesn’t DOGE send her an email, ask her what five things she did last week? All she does is repeat/read Trump’s speeches, she’s creepy. But any AI Bot can do what she does. That’s it.
Korean Man, how do we know your not an AI bot? You’re awful redundant and on stuck…stuck…stuck…stuck
KP doesn’t like fit and articulate females. Got it.
There was once a political movement that called for “fit and articulate” in addition to tall, slim, and blonde women.
That political movement was you guessed it, National Socialism(aka Nazis)
So in a way @setnaffa is saying that he’s a Nazi.
However, he’s unwilling to say it clearly and out loud
Why is that?
Why are the MAGA and Setnaffarians such cowards?
how do we know your not an AI bot?
How do we know you are not one of @setnaffa Russiabots?
“There was once a political movement that called for “fit and articulate” in addition to tall, slim, and blonde women.
That political movement was you guessed it, National Socialism(aka Nazis)
So in a way @setnaffa is saying that he’s a Nazi.”
That’s a pretty good observation.
There was once a group of people who loved to talk a LOT about Nazis. And you guessed it, those people were Nazis.
So in a way, you are saying that you are a Nazi.
Korean Person, you’re quick to stand up and defend your alter-ego Korean Man…unless you two are an item. But I guess what consenting adults do behind closed doors is their busines. It’s like that book you guys have about ghay loyalty “Don’t leave Your Buddies behind”.
Don’t make fun of the fake chinabots being ghay. They were born that way. Or had it thrust upon them.
From the reaction of @setnaffa and his Russiabots, ChickenHead and rocketman, it can be ascertained that what I have claimed is true.
It is well know that these Russiabots carry out personal attacks against those who do not agree with them or call them out for what they really are.
For the press and entertainment industry (but I repeat myself), a
“mini-skirt wearing air-headed blonde” might be appropriate.
The best person to fit the job is not a DEI policy.
It is actually the opposite of DEI.
If I go into the hospital and my surgeon is an air headed blonde in a mini skirt, I’m going to run far and fast (same for my pilot).
Karoline Leavitte reminds me of the North Korean propagandist TV announcer, Rhee Chunhee, parroting mindlessly all the Donald Trump lines and the lies. And I’m being serious. Her voice and nasty attitude are extremely grating and annoying.
She’s a Trump DEI hire.
You think someone is a DEI hire because you find her to be “mindless”, “grating”, “annoying” and incompetent.
I see.
Guess we are all on the same page about the purpose of DEI and it was never a good thing. Why did that take so long?
Next up:
Trans “women” are not women but very ugly men in a girls’ suit.