The U.S. and South Korea on Friday wrapped up a series of combined air exercises, Seoul’s Ministry of Defense (MND) confirmed.

The exercises, which kicked-off on Monday, were the first by the allies in months, following the joint decision to call off a round of drills in February due to the coronavirus.

This week’s drills represented “an annual, usual ROK-U.S. air force combined exercise designed to improve execution of the joint operations between the ROK-U.S. alliance,” the South Korean Air Force said Friday.

The scale and length of the exercises proceeded as normal, they added.

While the military did not