Search This Blog

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

US to send 12 F-16 fighter jets to SKorea

The United States will deploy 12 F-16 fighter jets to South Korea to replace a fleet of Apache helicopters bound for Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. and South Korean military officials said Tuesday.

The U.S. had planned to send 12 A-10 attack aircraft to South Korea to temporarily replace 20 Apache attack helicopters headed for redeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But two sides changed that plan because of required maintenance for the A-10 aircraft, South Korea's Defense Ministry spokesman Won Tae-jae told reporters.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.