U.S. deploys supersonic bombers to Korean peninsula

The United States deployed a supersonic bomber during joint exercises on the Korean peninsula on Wednesday, South Korean military sources said.


Two B-1B Lancers, long-range, multi-mission conventional bombers nicknamed "The Bone," were deployed to warn North Korea, South Korean news service News 1 reported.

Two B-1B bombers were also deployed to Korea on March 15, Yonhap reported.

News 1's source said the bombers from Guam arrived on the peninsula on Wednesday during the joint annual exercises Foal Eagle.

At Kunsan Air Base, the aircraft carried simulated bombing missions, the report said.

South Korea air fleets, including the F-15K and KF-16 fighter squadrons, flew in formation with the B-1B Lancers after they entered Korea's air defense identification zone.

The bombers also flew with Japan's air self-defense force's F-15J fighters in Japan's air defense identification zone, or JADIZ.
  [upi.com]
22/3/17
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