US Air Force Conducts Bombing Drills With South Korea

The Associated Press reports:

The United States flew some of its most advanced warplanes in bombing drills with ally South Korea on Thursday, a clear warning after North Korea launched a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear bombs over Japan earlier this week, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said. North Korea hates such displays of U.S. military might at close range and will likely respond with fury.

Two U.S. B-1B supersonic bombers and four F-35B stealth fighter jets joined four South Korean F-15 fighters in live-fire exercises at a military field in eastern South Korea that simulated precision strikes against the North’s “core facilities,” according to the U.S. Pacific Command and South Korea’s Defense Ministry. The B-1Bs were flown in from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam while the F-35Bs came from a U.S. base in Iwakuni, Japan.

Hey North Korea! @PacificCommand just put out photos of fighter jets/bombing drills near your border (hint hint) https://t.co/LCy708q7VD pic.twitter.com/lk8rU7kEGn

— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) August 31, 2017