South Korea and US respond to missile launch by Pyongyang
The allies' warplanes took to the air as a show of force, Seoul says
South Korean and US jets accompanying American B-1B bombers strategic bombers. © AFP / South Korean Defense Ministry
South Korea and the US staged combined air drills on Sunday, a day after North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile into the sea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) in Seoul have said.
As part of the exercise, South Korean F-35A and F-15K fighters, and US F-16s escorted American B-1B aircraft entering the South’s air defense identification zone, the JCS said. It didn’t specify how many B-1B strategic bombers were involved.
Some ten aircraft were scrambled as part of the drills, according to Yonhap news agency. They flew in formation over the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and...










