A Pentagon spokesperson said Friday that no decision has been made on the fate of a U.S. Army squadron in Korea, which was reported to have been deactivated as part of a military transformation initiative.
A U.S. military's Apache helicopter made a precautionary landing on some farmland in the southwestern county of Buan on Monday, but no casualties were reported, officials said.
The government's plan to purchase 36 additional AH-64 Apache attack helicopters is likely to be scrapped after a massive budget cut, a lawmaker noted on Sunday.
North Korea condemned the recent U.S. approval to sell additional Apache attack helicopters to South Korea as a "reckless provocative act of deliberately increasing the security instability" in the region.
Korea is set to purchase $3.5 billion worth of U.S. Apache attack helicopters and related logistical and support elements after the United States greenlit the sale Monday.
Multiple AH-64 Apache, twin-engine attack helicopters, fly over Myeong-dong in Jung District, central Seoul, on Monday as to practice for the military parade that will be held on Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1.
Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters take off for tactical maneuvers in Icheon, Gyeonggi on Monday in the largest air exercises held by the Korean Army in two years.
U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) received deliveries of the latest Boeing Apache attack helicopters to the 4th Battalion (Attack) and 2nd Aviation Regiment (4-2 AB) at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, the force's aviation unit said on Friday.
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