The USAF flew 2 B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in « a show of force » on Sunday after Pyongyang’s Friday ICBM test: in a statement, the air force said « if called upon, we are ready to respond with rapid, lethal,…
Less than a month after the US flew two B-1B bombers over the Korean Peninsula to show off « US attack capabilities « , the US Air Force did it again on Sunday, when it the flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in « a show of force » on Sunday after Pyongyang’s Friday test of an ICBM that can reach the continental US. The two B-1Bs flew alongside two Japanese F-2 jet fighters within Japanese airspace before conducting an exercise over South Korea with four South Korean F-15 fighters in response to the latest North Korean missile test, as well as the previous July 4 launch of the « Hwansong-14 » rocket, the USAF.
« In a demonstration of ironclad U. S. commitment to our allies, two U. S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, fly a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula » the statement by Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs said.
« North Korea remains the most urgent threat to regional stability, » Pacific Air Forces commander General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy said in the statement.
« If called upon, we are ready to respond with rapid, lethal, and overwhelming force at a time and place of our choosing ».
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The U. S. has in the past used overflights of the supersonic B1-B « Lancer » bomber as a show of force in response to North Korean missile or nuclear tests, most recently on July 8, although the « deterrence » of such drills leaves much to be desired.
