Lee Seung-gi succeeds in skydiving from 730 meters up in the air

Singer actor Lee Seung-gi, who has been deployed to the headquarter of Korea Army Special Forces, succeeded in skydiving from a transport plane at 730 meters up in the air.

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Lee Seung-gi made the bold jump off form the transport plane at 730 meters up in the air along with his colleague soldiers and safely landed. Lee Seung-gi has been receiving the fundamental air transportation training since April 11th and will complete the training on April 29th.

Lee Seung-gi received skydiving training on April 25th and 26th. The training proceeded in the method that 6 trainee soldiers accompany by one trainer went in a hot air balloon floated to 300 meters up in the air and each trainee wearing a parachute jumped off the hot air balloon one by one.

Lee Seung-gi will wrap up the training when he jumps off a CH-47 helicopte from 500 to 600 meters up in the air on April 28th.

Once he has competed the entire air transportation fundamental training, he will begin his active duty in full at Jeongpyeon Brigade under Korea Army Special Forces as an administration services soldier, which is his specialty duty.

Special Forces units operated by Korea Army Special Forces are formed with only commissioned officers and noncommissioned officers, Lee Seung-gi, who is a soldier, will not be deployed in the actual special forces operations.