SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A Chinese military jet entered South Korea’s air defense zone without notice three times on Thursday, prompting Seoul’s Air Force to scramble fighter jets in response, defense authorities here said. The aircraft entered the country’s air defense identification zone, called KADIZ, at around 10:21 a.m. from an area near [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A Chinese military aircraft trespassed into the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) on November 26. Although KADIZ is not sovereign airspace, it is customary for countries to inform beforehand of their intentions to pass through. The aircraft first trespassed into KADIZ near Jeju airspace and continued to fly [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. flew two B-1B supersonic bombers over Korea on Thursday, the second sortie carried out here this week by the Guam-based aircraft, a defense official said. The Lancer bombers trained with more than 20 of the allies’ fighter jets as part of their annual Vigilant ACE air force [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Russia’s strategic bombers briefly violated South Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ) on Wednesday, prompting the country’s fighter jets to scramble to a nearby area, an official said. “As the Russian aircraft entered the KADIZ in formation yesterday morning, a squadron of our Air Force jets made an emergency [...]