SOUTH KOREA: F-5 Jets Crash

On 2 March, the ROK's defense ministry announced that two Air Force F-5 fighter jets crashed into Mount Hwangbyeong near the city of Guangneung, about 237 kilometers east of Seoul.  The jets were participating in a training mission. The government launched a rescue mission and found plane debris and the remains of three pilots.  This is the seventh F-5 crash since 2000.