Defense
F-5 fighter crashes in central S. Korea, pilot safely ejects
Sept. 26, 2013
A South Korean F-5 fighter jet crashed into a mountain in the central part of the country Thursday, but the pilot ejected safely just before impact, the Korean Air Force said.The one-seater F-5E took off from an air base in Cheongju, about 137 kilometers south of Seoul, at around 10:48 a.m. for a training exercise, but it crashed into a mountain near Jeungpyeong shortly before noon, the Air Force said in a release. The 32-year-old Air Force captain, only identified by his surname Lee, ejected fr