2025 Pocheon bombing

When

6 Mar 2025

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

38.05° N, 127.38° E

Description

accidental aerial bombing in South Korea

Injured

29

Cause

accident

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Accidental aerial bombing in South Korea

On 6 March 2025, two South Korean Air Force KF-16 jets negligently dropped a total of eight Mark 82 bombs on a civilian-populated area in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea that injured 43 people. The area was close to a bombing range. The incident occurred during a joint drill that took place between South Korea and the United States.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Two KF-16 fighter aircraft of the Republic of Korea Air Force drop their ordnance by accident on a civilian area of Pocheon during a drill, injuring 29 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le bombardement de Pocheon (accidentel) blesse 15 personnes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dos F-16 de la Fuerza Aérea de Corea del Sur lanzaron accidentalmente ocho bombas Mark 82 en una zona poblada por civiles en Pocheon, dejando 43 heridos, 163…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page