Shaffer
03-13-03, 08:22 AM
SEOUL, South Korea, March 12 — United States Stealth fighter planes were flying here today to take part for the first time in seven years in war games with American and South Korean forces. At the same a United States Navy aircraft carrier steamed toward South Korea to join in the exercises.
The United States increased its strength around the Korean Peninsula against a background of North Korean threats, concerns about the American military commitment and renewed pleas by South Korean officials to ease up the pressure against the North for the sake of reconciliation.
The Air Force confirmed that six F-117A Stealth fighters had left Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico and would arrive on Friday at Kunsan Air Base about 200 miles south of here. A spokesman for the United States command here said the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson would make a port call at Pusan, on the southeast corner of the Korean Peninsula, and then cruise nearby waters while United States marines staged a landing at Pohang, on the east coast.
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The United States increased its strength around the Korean Peninsula against a background of North Korean threats, concerns about the American military commitment and renewed pleas by South Korean officials to ease up the pressure against the North for the sake of reconciliation.
The Air Force confirmed that six F-117A Stealth fighters had left Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico and would arrive on Friday at Kunsan Air Base about 200 miles south of here. A spokesman for the United States command here said the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson would make a port call at Pusan, on the southeast corner of the Korean Peninsula, and then cruise nearby waters while United States marines staged a landing at Pohang, on the east coast.
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