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SEOUL, Dec. 20 (UPI) — The United States and South Korea conducted joint air drills on Tuesday involving American B-52 bombers and F-22 stealth fighters, Seoul’s defense ministry said, days after North Korea launched a pair of medium-range ballistic missiles.
The exercises were held in the South Korean air defense identification zone southwest of Jeju Island, the ministry said in a press release.
The United States deployed B-52 strategic bombers and F-22 stealth fighters for training drills with South Korean F-35A and F-15K fighter jets in order to “reinforce the credibility of U.S. extended deterrence,” the ministry said.
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