SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States staged joint regular air drills involving advanced fighter jets this week to improve combined operational capabilities, Seoul’s Air Force said Friday. The five-day Buddy Squadron exercise began Monday at the 17th Fighter Wing in Cheongju, 112 kilometers south of Seoul, involving some 10 [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States held joint air drills, involving at least one B-52H strategic bomber, on Friday, Seoul’s defense ministry said, a day after North Korea test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The North’s state media has confirmed the country conducted its first test of a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States staged combined air drills, involving U.S. B-1B strategic bombers, on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, as North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile the previous day. During the drills, F-35A stealth fighters and F-15K jets from the South flew together with U.S. F-16 fighters [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States on Friday staged combined air drills, involving U.S. F-22 and F-35B stealth fighters, in a show of America’s “invariable will and capability” to keep its security commitment to the Asian ally, the South Korean Air Force said. The allies conducted the drills over [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States conducted combined air drills, involving U.S. B-52 strategic bombers and F-22 stealth fighters, on Tuesday, in an effort to strengthen the credibility of America’s “extended deterrence,” Seoul’s defense ministry said. The drills took place in the South’s air defense identification zone southwest of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Two U.S. B-1B Lancer strategic bombers staged joint drills with South Korean F-35A stealth fighter jets over the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, the last day of the allies’ Vigilant Storm exercise, according to Seoul’s defense authorities. It marked the first time that the long-range supersonic bomber has been deployed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States will kick off large-scale air drills involving U.S. F-35B stealth jets later this month, Seoul officials said Tuesday, as they seek to sharpen their deterrence against potential North Korean provocations. The drills are set to take place over South Korean airspace from Oct. [...]
ICHEON/YANGPYEONG, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Army’s Apache attack helicopters soared through the skies and descended sharply in a tactical move to avoid potential attacks and secure the safety of its members in a formation tasked with capturing a high-value facility controlled by a hypothetical enemy. The spectacle unfolded at two Army [...]