The U.S. and South Korea began another round of air drills April 17, just a few days after U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula, as the two countries follow through on their pledge to conduct more joint air exercises.
A pair of U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers and F-22 Raptors flew alongside F-35s from the Republic of Korea on Feb. 1, followed by more air drills Feb. 3 with USAF F-22s, Marine Corps F-35Bs, and ROK F-35s. The deployment of the B-1 in particular marks ...
As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, a bipartisan commission of academics, ex-diplomats, and former defense officials is recommending the U.S. and South Korea begin “pre-decisional” discussions about what it would take to redeploy tactical nuclear weapons to the region—even as the group maintains that ...
As the Pentagon increasingly pivots its focus to strategic competition with China, the U.S. will look to expand its partnership with South Korea to increase security across the entire Indo-Pacific region, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said Dec. 2 during a visit to the ...