Jungwon Air Base
| Jungwon Air Base | |||||||||||||||
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 F-16 takes off from Jungwon Air Base | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°01′48″N 127°53′07″E / 37.03000°N 127.88528°E | ||||||||||||||
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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
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)
Accidents and incidents
- 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
- ↑ "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Airport information for RKTI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ "Chronological listing of South Korean losses and ejections". Ejection-history.org.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
External links
Media related to Jungwon Air Base at Wikimedia Commons
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