100+ US Airforce Warplanes conduct 24 hours drills with South Korea #usairforce #southkorea

100+ US Air Force Warplanes Conduct 24-Hour-Long Combat Drills With S.Korea Amid North’s Unhinged Missile Tests. United States and South Korea started one of their biggest joint military drills, with hundreds of jets from both sides simulating attacks around the clock for more than a week. In a statement last week, the U.S. Air Force said that the operation, codenamed Vigilant Storm, will go until November 4 and involve around 240 warplanes flying 1,600 sorties. It added that the number of missions is the highest ever for this annual event. According to the Yonhap News Agency, South Korea sent out about 140 aircraft, including F-35A stealth fighters, F-15K and KF-16 jets, and the U.S. sent out about 100 assets, including KC-135 tankers, U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, EA-18 electronic warfare aircraft, and F-35B stealth fighters based in Okinawa, Japan. These joint air drills were first conducted back in 2015. However, to promote inter-Korean harmony, they were discontinued in 2018 by the then-Moon Jae-in administration. These are touted as the largest air drills on the peninsula. The drills between the two seasoned allies come amid North Korea’s unprecedented launches of ballistic missiles that have sent alarm bells ringing in the entire region. The exercises will be the biggest of their sort conducted by the two nations since North Korea conducted a nuclear test in 2017. Among other aircraft, the Vigilant Storm military drill will feature F-35 stealth fighter variants from the U.S. and South Korea. In addition, Australia will also send out an aerial refueling aircraft. “(South Korea) and U.S. Air Forces will work together with the joint services to perform major air missions such as close air support, defensive counter air, and emergency air operations 24 hours a day during the training period,” the U.S. Air Force said. “Support forces on the ground will also train their base defense procedures and survivability in case of attack.” Earlier this month, 150 North Korean jets participated in a coordinated air-attack exercise on October 8 under the direction of Kim Jong-un. Su-25, MiG-29, MiG-23, MiG-21, and MiG-19, all Soviet-era vintage fighter jets, were among the fighter jets visible in the photographs from the drills that went viral on social media. While the South Korean military emphasized that these joint drills would bolster operational capabilities between the two partners and deter North Korea from carrying out provocations, Pyongyang warned that these drills were aimed at practicing an invasion. Technically, the two Koreas remain at war in the absence of any tangible peace treaty.

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