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Combined training with Air Force F-15K and KF-16 fighters… Warning against North Korea ahead of joint exercise of ‘Shield of Freedom’
(Seoul = Yonhap News) On the 19th of last month, South Korea and the United States are conducting a combined air drill using US strategic assets in response to North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) provocation over the Korean Peninsula. On this day, the training was conducted in a combined formation flight while escorting a US B-1B strategic bomber entering the Korean Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) by F-35A and F-15K fighters of the ROK Air Force and F-16 fighters of the US Air Force. it went on 2023.2.19 [합동참모본부 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지] photo@yna.co.kr
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Ha Chae-rim = The US strategic bomber B-1B was deployed to the Korean Peninsula again following last month, and conducted joint air training with the South Korean Air Force.
It is interpreted that it sent a warning to North Korea, which is constantly threatening South Korea ahead of the joint US-ROK Freedom Shield (FS) exercise.
The Ministry of National Defense announced on the 3rd that US B-1B strategic bombers were deployed to the Korean Peninsula, and the ROK and US Air Forces conducted joint air exercises over the West Sea and the central inland. In the Korean Air Force, F-15K and KF-16 fighters participated.
The B-1B conducted joint flight training with the South Korean Air Force on the 19th of last month, right after North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). I came back to Korea after 12 days.
The Ministry of National Defense said, “This exercise is a level of active implementation of ‘timely and coordinated deployment of strategic assets’ as agreed at last year’s ROK-US summit, the 54th ROK-US Security Consultative Meeting (SCM), and the ROK-US defense ministers’ meeting on January 31. carried out in,” he said.
“It will demonstrate the will and ability of the United States to put into action strong and reliable extended deterrence against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, while contributing greatly to the improvement of interoperability and the cultivation of the combined operational capabilities of the ROK and US Air Forces,” he stressed.
The B-1B was made 10 days before the FS joint exercise, which North Korea reacts extremely sensitively to.
Kim Yeo-jeong, vice minister of the North Korean Workers’ Party, threatened to “take a corresponding response” while mentioning the deployment of US strategic assets and joint exercises last month.
Lee Seong-joon, head of the Public Affairs Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced the FS exercise plan this morning and said, “The military will not tolerate North Korea’s provocations that threaten the lives and safety of the people and violate the 9/19 military agreement. We will do it,” he said.
Meanwhile, it is known that the MQ-9 Reaper, an unmanned attack aircraft, was deployed along with the strategic bomber B-1B during the combined air drill.
The MQ-9 Reaper was first deployed to Japan from the Indo-Pacific region in October of last year, and it has not been confirmed whether it has been deployed to South Korea in the past.
The MQ-9 Reaper is considered to be the ‘strongest unmanned attack aircraft’ as it has the ability to stay in the air for up to 14 hours, has sensors that can detect a wide range, and weapons capable of precise strikes such as Hellfire missiles. [email protected]
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