S. Korea-U.S. to conduct large-scale combined aerial drill later this month involving almost 250 warplanes

한미 군용기 250대 투입…北 도발 억제 대규모 공군 훈련 5년 만에 실시

Seoul and Washington will hold combined air drills involving some 250 warplanes.
As tensions rise on the Peninsula, this will be the first time in five years the allies are holding an exercise of this scale.
Bae Eun-ji provides a glimpse of what to expect.

Later this month, the air forces of South Korea and the U.S. will hold a large-scale combined drill for five days.
It will involve some 140 warplanes from South Korea, including F-35A stealth fighters, F-15Ks and KF-16s... as well as around a hundred fighters from the U.S. including F-35Bs and F-16s.
The allies last held an aerial exercise at this scale in December 2017.
It's also the first time in almost 5 years that the American F-35Bs that can takeoff and land vertically are being deployed to the Korean Peninsula.

"South Korea and the U.S. Air Force will be conducting this year's defense drill from October 31st to November 4th. This is an exercise that has been held annually since 2015. It's to check combined operations capabilities and enhance defense readiness."


For the past three weeks, North Korea has engaged in multiple provocations.
It tested short-range ballistic missiles and long-range cruise missiles,... and its warplanes flew near the border, crossing the 'tactical action line'.
The regime also fired hundreds of artillery rounds near the inter-Korean border.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff described the firings as a violation of the inter-Korean military agreement signed in September 2018, that created "buffer zones" along land and sea boundaries to ease military tensions along the border area.
The upcoming combined drill also comes as the North appears to have completed all necessary preparations for its first nuclear test in five years.
Bae Eun-ji, Arirang News.

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2022-10-18, 21:00 (KST)

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