Two S.Korean Air Force pilots suspended over accidental bombing of civilian village


SEOUL (Bernama-Yonhap): The South Korean Air Force on Friday suspended two pilots from air duty for one year after they mistakenly dropped multiple bombs on a civilian village earlier this month, injuring dozens of residents, Yonhap News Agency reported.

On March 6, two KF-16 fighter jets dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a training range in Pocheon, some 40 kilometres north of Seoul, during live-fire drills, injuring 52 people, including 38 civilians.

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