Dancing Air Force Generals: Alcohol and Military Band at 'Communication Meeting'

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SBS has obtained video footage of a dinner party held by Air Force generals last April. A drinking gathering was held during duty hours by mobilizing a military band, and a flight scheduled for the next day by a wing commander was canceled.

Reporter Bae Junu reports.

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Air Force officers dressed in flight suits jump up and down with their hands raised, while military band soldiers liven up the atmosphere by playing the guitar and keyboard, and singing.

The officers also form a conga line, dancing around together.

The two dancing in the center are the commander of the Air Force Education and Training Command, a lieutenant general, and the commander of the 3rd Flying Training Wing, a brigadier general.

This is on-site footage from a communication meeting hosted by the Education and Training Commander, held on April 29 at a cafeteria of the Air Force 3rd Flying Training Wing in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province.

The original schedule consisted of a discussion meeting, group exercise, and an encouragement dinner, but the group exercise was skipped, and they reportedly engaged in a dinner with drinks for about three hours starting at 5 p.m.

An officer who attended the dinner said, "Officers drank about one or two bottles of soju per person, and also consumed a lot of beer and strong whiskey."

Within the Air Force, criticism is emerging that starting a drinking gathering before official duty hours ended and mobilizing military band soldiers for an officer drinking dinner, which was not an official military event, could constitute a violation of service regulations.

Furthermore, it was revealed that the commander of the 3rd Flying Training Wing canceled an "on-site verification flight" scheduled for April 30, the day after the dinner.

While alcohol consumption is cited as the reason for canceling the flight, it is reported that the Air Force did not conduct a separate investigation.

The Air Force stated, "The communication meeting was organized to encourage personnel whose morale had dropped due to a series of flight accidents."

Video by Choi Jin-hwa | Graphics by Lim Chan-hyeok
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