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.”
Air Force F-16s from Germany Deploy to Middle East
Oct. 27, 2024
As tensions spiral in the Middle East, U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from Germany have flown to the region, U.S. Central Command said Oct. 25. The F-16s are from the 480th Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and represent some of the service’s most advanced models.