USFK exercise prompts Chinese fighter response in rare US air drill

US Forces Korea and Chinese fighter aircraft engaged in a brief aerial face-off over the Yellow Sea earlier this week after a rare US Air Force exercise prompted Beijing to deploy its own jets, military sources said Friday. According to multiple sources, 10 USFK F-16 fighter jets took off from Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek late Wednesday and flew over international waters in the Yellow Sea, maneuvering toward airspace between South Korea’s and China’s air defense identification zones. The aircraft

By The Korea Herald