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The U.S. launched a joint training exercise with us by sortieing the core forces of the Air Force close to the Korean Peninsula.
The nature of the armed demonstration against North Korea's increasingly harsh words and actions is large.
This content will be conveyed by Kim Tae-hoon, a defense reporter.
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Two B-52 strategic bombers of the US Air Force lead in the lead, followed by the US Air Force F-22 Raptor and the South Korean Air Force F-35A from the left and right.
The B-52, which can carry 31 tons of nuclear missiles and bombs, and the F-22, which has a maximum speed of Mach 2.4, which are said to be unmatched in aerial combat, sortie simultaneously.
When B-52s sortied from Guam and went on bombing missions, F-22s belonging to the USFK Kadena Base and ROK Air Force F-35As were in the form of emergency escorts. It is according to the agreement.
[Lee Jong-seop/Minister of Defense: We decided to effectively respond to any provocations from North Korea by operating US strategic assets in an effective way comparable to permanent deployment.]
After completing training, the F-22 squadron did not return to Japan, but landed at Gunsan Air Base in North Jeolla Province. I did.
The U.S. military is replacing the F-15 with the F-22 Raptor at the Kadena base air force, and the newly deployed F-22 at the Kadena base was surprise deployment to the Gunsan base.
Last month, when North Korea fired ICBMs, F-22s at the Kadena base took to the runway in droves and staged an armed demonstration called the so-called 'Elephant Walk', which drove at low speed.
The Ministry of National Defense announced that the F-22 and South Korean Air Force fighter jets deployed in Gunsan will conduct various combined exercises this week to counter North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles.
(Video coverage: Han Il-sang, Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)
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