F-16 Pilot at Kunsan Airbase Injured After Landing
The article doesn’t say what condition the aircraft was in other than the pilot was injured. Hopefully he the pilot isn’t injured too badly:
A pilot from a United States Air force unit in the South Korean city of Gunsan sustained injuries while landing an F-16 fighter jet at the unit’s air base Monday.
The pilot from the 8th Fighter Wing suffered minor injuries while trying to get out of the fighter on the runway at around 3:30 p.m., according to military sources.
The pilot was sent to a hospital, although the exact reason the pilot tried to exit the cockpit and the overall condition F-16 at the time of the landing remain unclear.
No crash or explosion were reported at the base on South Korea’s west coast, 270 kilometers south of Seoul.
Following the incident, the head of the 8th Fighter Wing temporarily halted all military and civilian flight operations from Gunsan. Investigators are currently looking into the exact cause of the mishap.
Yonhap
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Headline Osan, Story Kunsan?
Think that’s the third F16 accident in two months.
Those planes are getting pretty old.
“Think that’s the third F16 accident in two months.
Those planes are getting pretty old.”
Imagine how many accidents there might be if the pilots didn’t have all that important advanced training in discrimination avoidance and diversity acceptance!
CH is right!!! What’s a little hardware versus the potential someone might WrongThink?!?!?!?
I just hope the pilot didn’t say anything un-PC while he (or she or it) was bailing out.
Even when F-16’s were new they had a lot of ground emergencies. Most were HAZMAT after using the emergency power unit.
My first post here after some lurking.
I can confirm this incident took place at Kunsan AB, Pilot is safe and OK.
Hi NCC and welcome! Are you based in the ROK?
Hi NCC and welcome! are you living in the ROK?
Gah, double post…saw that your handle says retired after hitting the post button, thought I’d edited in time.
Liz, Thanks for the welcome. Yes I am living/working in Korea. I’m at Kunsan AB. I was previously stationed at Seoul, Youngsan Garrison at CNFK in the Navy. 1998 – 2000. I came back a year ago as a contractor. Again, thanks for the nice welcome.
@setnaffa, good catch I just had a typo in the headline. Thanks.
See wouldn’t have happened in a Super Hornet… 😎
GI, does that show I have “attention to detail”?