Seoul, South Korea, the United States, and Japan staged a joint air exercise for the first time near the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, Seoul’s Air Force said, amid trilateral efforts to bolster security cooperation against North Korean threats.
The three-way exercise took place south of the peninsula, where South Korean and Japanese air defence identification zones overlap, involving a U.S. B-52H strategic bomber, as well as South Korean, U.S. and Japanese fighter jets, according to the armed service.
While the U.S. Air Force has conducted separate bilateral drills with its South Korean and Japanese counterparts around the peninsula, it marked the first time for the three countries to stage joint air drills in the area, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Earlier this month, Seoul, Washington, and Tokyo staged a trilateral maritime interdiction exercise in waters south of the Korean Peninsula for the first time in seven years.
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