Kim Sung-Il is a former Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force

Republic of Korea Air Force

The Republic of Korea Air Force is the air force of South Korea...

. He was born on August 24, 1948, and attended the Korea Air Force Academy

Korea Air Force Academy

Korea Air Force Academy is a Republic of Korea Air Force institution for the undergraduate education and military training of officers. It is located at Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea...

 and National Defence University of Korea. He served as commander of the 11th Wing and the Aerospace Project Group, and later became the Director of Korea Defense Intelligence Agency, a position traditionally held by Army generals

He was appointed to a two-year term as Chief of Staff of ROKAF in October 2005. He resigned in March 2007 after a KF-16 fighter jet crashed due to maintenance failures. He was also facing criticism for having played golf during a national day of mourning for Yoon Jang-ho

Yoon Jang-ho

Yoon Jang-ho was a sergeant serving as an English translator in Afghanistan as a member of the Dasan Engineering Unit, which is part of the South Korean military. He was killed during a suicide bomb attack on a military base in Bagram on February 27, 2007...

, a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

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