U.S. plans to deploy F-35As in South Korea early next year

Posted on September 4, 2019September 3, 2019 by alert5

The Chosun Ilbo says the United States intends to start rotating the F-16s in South Korea with F-35As starting from early next year.

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-35 Lightning IIs participate in a training mission near Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec. 1, 2017, in preparation for VIGILANT ACE 18. F-16 pilots assigned to the Wolf Pack at Kunsan conducted training missions with F-35 pilots from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to test the capabilities of the fifth-generation aircraft during integrated flight operations over the Korean Peninsula. The participation of the F-35 in VIGILANT ACE 18 marked the aircraft’s first operational readiness exercise in the Pacific (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Josh Rosales)

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