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US Bombers from Guam Conduct Exercise Over Korean Peninsula
« on: November 05, 2017, 04:06:33 am »

by Kim Tong-Hyung


Two U.S. supersonic bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula for bombing exercises that are also a show of force against North Korea ahead of President Donald Trump's first official visit to Asia.

A South Korean military official said Friday the B-1B bombers based in Guam were escorted by two South Korean F-16 fighter jets during the drills Thursday at a field near the South's eastern coast. The drills simulated attacks on land targets, but didn't involve live weapons, said the official, who did not want to be named, citing office rules.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/11/03/us-bombers-guam-conduct-exercise-korean-peninsula.html
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