YONGSAN GARRISON, Seoul U.S. Strategic Command sent two B-2 Spirit Stealth bombers for a long-duration, round-trip deterrence mission fr...
U.S. Strategic Command sent two B-2 Spirit Stealth bombers for a long-duration, round-trip deterrence mission from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to South Korea on March 28 Thursday as part of the ongoing bilateral Foal Eagle training exercise.
This mission by two B-2 Spirit bombers assigned to 509th Bomb Wing, which demonstrated the United States' ability to conduct long range, precision strikes quickly and at will, which involved flying more than 6,500 miles to the Korean Peninsula, dropping inert munitions on the Jik Do Range, and returning to the continental U.S. in a single, continuous mission.
The deployment of the stealth bombers was intended to send a potent message to North Korea about the U.S. commitment to defending South Korea against any aggression, as military tensions on the Korean peninsula escalates. It came shortly after the North severed its last-remaining military hotline with South Korea and put its rocket units on combat status with a threat to target U.S. bases in the Pacific region.
The B-2 Spirit is a multi-role radar evading bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions.
