Stealth Bombers to Come to Korea Every Year
The Chosun Ilbo is reporting that the US Air Force’s stealth bombers will come to Korea every year on a rotational basis:
The F-117 will carry out exercises here for four to six months a year, a strategy that would boost the U.S. Forces in Korea’s fighting strength no less than if they were based here permanently and is therefore expected to draw protests from North Korea.
USFK spokesman Kim Young-kyu said Tuesday the F-117 fighter-bombers will arrive shortly as part of a “routine rotational deployment.” He said their presence was part of strengthening the USFK’s deterrent capability. Asked if this was an annual mission, he said, “You may see it that way.”
Kim said besides normal training, pilots would also familiarize themselves with the terrain of the Korean Peninsula. The U.S. Air Force rotates its F-117s in areas of strategic importance worldwide.
With the cancelling of the program that finds Korean War casualties remains in North Korea and the deployment of the stealth bombers; Washington is definitely turning up the pressure on Pyongyang.
GI Korea,
Just so you know, the picture you're showing is a B-2. Not an F-117 bomber.
Correct…that's a B-2. I'll cut you some slack since you're Army 🙂
Pictures of the F-117 can be found here:
http://www.holloman.af.mil/photos/117pho.html
I just took the picture straight from the Chosun
Yeah I know you did and I just had to blog the fact that the media seems to have a hard time checking their facts these days…