The head of US Forces Korea, Army Gen. Burwell B. Bell, says that he envisions future “US military support to the alliance to be air and naval-centric.” Bell was explaining to lawmakers that the South Korean push toward an independent combat command would eliminate the need for a huge US ground force. He went on to say that the US is prepared to respond to an attack on the South by the North, “first and foremost with an aggressive air campaign.” (Read our 2004 article on air operations in Korea.) Any future war on the peninsula, says this senior soldier, would not be “a war like 1950;” instead, it would be “concluded on the alliance’s terms fairly quickly.”
Planning an Air Show Is Hard. At Andrews, It’s Even Harder
Sept. 17, 2025
Joint Base Andrews opened its flightline this month to thousands of civilians, exposing a normally restricted airbase that regularly hosts the president and foreign dignitaries to a curious public eager to see current and historic military aircraft up close and in action.
