Japan, the US and South Korea conduct air force exercises near the Korean Peninsula for the first time

According to South Korea's Yonghap News Agency, the air forces of Japan, the United States, and South Korea will begin joint training near the Korean Peninsula on the 22nd using U.S. military B-52 bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons. This will be the first joint air force exercise between Japan, the United States, and South Korea on the Korean Peninsula. The Japan-U.S.-South Korea trilateral air exercise is scheduled to take place over the Korean Peninsula, and will include the participation of the U.S. military's B52 strategic bomber, which recently landed in South Korea. The training will be conducted over the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, and the training airspace does not include South Korean airspace.

According to South Korean and US military sources, the joint exercise involving the air forces of Japan, the US and South Korea will consist of group flights of fighter jets from the three countries escorting B-52s. The B-52, an important strategic asset for the United States, has previously participated in demonstration flights over the Korean peninsula during joint air exercises between the U.S. and South Korean air forces, but this is the first time a B-52 bomber has landed at an air base in South Korea. This is the first time. The first joint air exercise by Japan, the United States, and South Korea in the skies near the Korean Peninsula was based on an agreement reached at a meeting between the leaders of the three countries in August at Camp David, the U.S. president's lodge. The three leaders agreed to strengthen security cooperation among the three countries, including joint exercises.

Yonghap News Agency