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Two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, top left, fly over the Korean Peninsula with Korean Air Force F-35A fighter jet, F-16 fighter jets and U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets in Korea during U.S.-Korea joint aerial drills on April 15. [AP/YONHAP]

U.S. military considering permanent deployment of F-35 fighter jets to Korea

The U.S. military is considering permanently deploying F-35 fighter jets in South Korea, enhancing air capabilities amid rising tensions with North Korea.

2025.4.27

The F-35A Joint Strike Fighter stealth jets taxi on a runway during an “elephant walk” training at the 17th Fighter Wing in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, on March 25, 2022. [MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE]

U.S. approves $5 billion F-35 fighter jet sale to Korea

The U.S. Department of State approved a possible sale of 25 F-35 fighter jets and the stealth jets' related equipment for an estimated cost of $5.06 billion, a U.S. defense agency said Wednesday.

2023.9.14

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F-35A fighters from the South Korean Air Force fly alongside F-22 and F-35B fighters from the U.S. Air Force in the skies above the Yellow Sea on Wednesday. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

U.S. extends olive branch after North's 'nuke-for-nuke' comment

The United States is not seeking confrontation with North Korea and is open to discussions with the reclusive state, according to an unnamed source from the White House National Security Council quoted by Reuters.

2023.2.2

Fifth-generation F-35A fighter jets from the South Korean and U.S. air forces fly in formation during the two militaries' joint exercise this week. [REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE]

Korea, U.S. F-35As fly together for first time

South Korean and U.S. air forces conducted their first joint exercises with F-35A fighter jets from both countries in a symbolic show of combined strength.

2022.7.14

One of six U.S. F-35A stealth fighter jets that arrived in Korea on Tuesday is on a runway at Kunsan Air Base in Gunsan, North Jeolla. [USFK]

F-35A fighters arrive from U.S. ahead of possible North test

Six U.S. F-35A fighter jets arrived in Korea on Tuesday to participate in joint drills, military authorities from both countries said. Their arrival marks the first public deployment of America’s stealth warplanes in Korea in five years.

2022.7.6

Fighter jets from the South Korean and U.S. militaries fly in formation during a joint air exercise over the Yellow Sea in a show of force on Tuesday. [JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF]

North Korea gets more warnings over possible nuke test

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman warned North Korea of a "swift and forceful response" if it conducts a nuclear weapons test, as the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned of such a test.

2022.6.7

Two F-35A stealth fighter jets fly over Alaska in this photo from April 21, 2020, provided the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. [U.S. INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND]

U.S. sends fighter jets to Japan in apparent warning to North, China

In an apparent warning to North Korea and China, the United States has deployed an unspecified number of F-35A stealth fighter jets to Okinawa, Japan, its military said Thursday.

2022.2.24

Four suspects enter the Cheongju District Court on Monday to attend a warrant hearing. They were suspected of organizing protests against the government's plan to procure stealth fighter jets after receiving orders from North Korea. [NEWS1]

Police detain three for carrying out orders from North

The police on Monday detained three people for having executed orders from North Korea to organize public protests against the government’s plan to procure U.S.-built stealth fighter jets.

2021.8.3

An F-35B jet lands vertically on the USS Wasp carrier in 2013. Korea plans to acquire 20 of these jets to operate on its planned light aircraft carrier from the 2030s. [YONHAP]

Korean military to buy 40 more fighter jets from U.S.

Korea will double the number of F-35 stealth fighter jets it will buy from the United States, including variants that will operate on the country’s first aircraft carrier, according to military sources.

2020.8.25