This from the BBC. A RoKAF KA-1 has crashed responding to these drones post departure from Wonju AB, the 2 crew bailed out and survived.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64094143
... had indeed already seenLe Addeur noir wrote: ↑26 Dec 2022, 11:26 This from the BBC. A RoKAF KA-1 has crashed responding to these drones post departure from Wonju AB, the 2 crew bailed out and survived.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64094143
Date: 26-DEC-2022
Phase: Initial climb
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-paci ... 022-12-26/A RoKAF KAI KA-1 light attack aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Wonju Air Base in Hoengseong County, Gangwon. Both pilots ejected safely.
Five North Korean drones crossed into South Korea on Monday
and South Korea responded by scrambling jets and attack helicopters
and opening fire to try to shoot down the North Korean aircraft, the South Korean military said.
As part of its response, the South Korea military also sent surveillance aircraft into the North to photograph its military installations,
a South Korean military official said.
One of the drones was known to have returned to North Korea
while South Korea lost track of the other four, Yonhap reported, citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
While scrambling to counter the drones,
a South Korean KA-1 light attack aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from its base at Wonju in the country's east,
a defence ministry official said.
Its two pilots were able to escape before the crash and are in the hospital.
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