Jungwon Air Base
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| Jungwon Air Base | |||||||||||||||
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F-16 takes off from Jungwon Air Base
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| IATA: JWO[1] – ICAO: RKTI | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | ROKAF | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | ROKAF | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Chungju, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 281 ft / 86 m | ||||||||||||||
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Jungwon Air Base (IATA: JWO, ICAO: RKTI) (sometimes K-75 Air Base or Choongwon Air Base) is located near Chungju city in North Chungcheong province, South Korea.
Units stationed
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USAF airmen practice runway repair at Jungwon in 2009
The base is home to the ROKAF 19th Fighter Wing (제19전투비행단), comprising:
- 161st Fighter Squadron flying F-16C/D (Block32)
- 162nd Fighter Squadron flying F-16C/D (Block32)
- 155th Fighter Squadron flying KF-16C/D (Block52)
- 159th Fighter Squadron flying KF-16C/D (Block52)
Incidents and accidents
- 30 June 2003, F-16 made a hard landing, the pilot ejected successfully
- 27 January 2006, F-16C #85-1576 crashed shortly after takeoff, the pilot ejected successfully[3]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Airport information for RKTI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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