US again deploys B-52H bomber to peninsula for joint training with South Korea
Deployment is 12th this year and demonstrates US commitment to deter North Korea and defend against attack, Seoul says
Kim Seung-gyeom, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (center front row), Jeong Sang-hwa, chief of staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force (left center front row), and Kenneth Wilsbach, U.S. Pacific Air Forces commander (right center front row), pose in front of the U.S. Air Force’s B-52H “Stratofortress” strategic bomber (background) | Image: ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (Oct. 19, 2023)
A U.S. B-52H bomber participated in joint training with the ROK air force on Wednesday, as Washington continues a push to deter North Korea and demonstrate its commitment to defend South Korea.
Seoul said the deployment of the U.S. bomber is the 12th this year, and it comes after a B-52H landed at an ROK airbase for the first time ever last month.
A U.S. B-52H bomber participated in joint training with the ROK air force on Wednesday, as Washington continues a push to deter North Korea and demonstrate its commitment to defend South Korea.
Seoul said the deployment of the U.S. bomber is the 12th this year, and it comes after a B-52H landed at an ROK airbase for the first time ever last month.
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