U.S. Runs Practice Sortie in South Korea
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An American B-2 stealth bomber, center, near Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on Thursday.
By THOM SHANKER and CHOE SANG-HUN
Published: March 28, 2013 50 Comments
WASHINGTON — The American military on Thursday carried out a rare
long-range mission over the Korean Peninsula, sending two
nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers on a practice bombing sortie over South Korea, underscoring Washington’s commitment to defend its ally amid rising tensions with North Korea.
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The two B-2 Spirit bombers showed the United States’ ability to “provide
extended deterrence to our allies in the Asia-Pacific region” and to
“conduct long-range, precision strikes quickly and at will,” the
American command in the South Korean capital, Seoul, said in a
statement.
This mission was the first time the bat-winged B-2s were launched toward
the Korean Peninsula on a nonstop, round-trip mission from the United
States. The bombers dropped inert munitions, not live explosives, on a
range off South Korea’s coast.
While the mock bombing run was part of a previously planned joint
exercise between South Korean and American forces, it came at a time of
rising rhetorical tension with the North. At a Pentagon news conference
on Thursday, senior officials made clear that the mission was intended
to serve as a deterrent to North Korea — and to reassure South Korea and
Japan, both allies.
“The reaction to the B-2 that we’re most concerned about is not
necessarily the reaction it might elicit in North Korea, but rather
among our Japanese and Korean allies,” Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during the news conference. “Those
exercises are mostly to assure our allies that they can count on us to
be prepared and to help them deter conflict.”
As the mission was being announced in an official statement, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
conferred with his South Korean counterpart, Kim Kwan-jin, on the
phone, reaffirming the United States’ “unwavering” commitment to defend
the South.
In response to the United States mission, North Korea’s leader, Kim
Jong-un, convened an urgent operational meeting of his Korean People’s
Army’s top command early Friday and ordered it to prepare its rockets
“so that they may strike any time the U.S. mainland, its military bases
in the operational theaters in the Pacific, including Hawaii and Guam,
and those in South Korea,” the North’s official Korean Central News
Agency reported.
American officials continued to criticize North Korea for the
provocative language, but noted that the latest threat was, in essence, a
repetition of statements issued over recent days that the North’s
artillery and missile forces were being put on higher alert.
After suffering from the American carpet-bombing during the Korean War,
North Korea remains sensitive about American bombers. It keeps most of
its key military installations underground, and its war cries typically
reach a frenetic pitch when American bombers fly over South Korea during
military exercises. The resulting fear and anti-American sentiment is
used by the government to make people rally behind the North’s “military
first” leadership.
Both B-52 and B-2 planes can launch nuclear-armed cruise missiles. The
Pentagon used the training sorties over the Korean Peninsula to
highlight the role the long-distance strategic bombers play as part of
Washington’s “nuclear umbrella” over South Korea and Japan. In South
Korea, North Korea’s successful launching of a three-stage rocket in
December and its nuclear test last month were unsettling enough that
several right-wing politicians began calling on their government to
build nuclear arms.
North Korea has escalated its bellicose talk since a Feb. 12 nuclear test.
It threatened pre-emptive nuclear strikes against the United States and
South Korea for conducting joint military drills and supporting United
Nations sanctions against the North.
Thom Shanker reported from Washington, and Choe Sang-Hun from Seoul, South Korea.
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It is an island divided. Complaints over loud navy jets recently shut down a landing strip on the south end of Whidbey Island. Now, neighbors to the north are saying, “Bring the noise!”
At the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, the whir of the office printer is drowned out by a roar from above.
“I love it!” said Chamber Director Kathy Reed over the din of an overhead plane on Wednesday.
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“Everybody says that’s the sound of freedom. Well, that’s the sound of our economic base,” said Reed.
Neighbors about 15 miles down the road complain noise from training missions at a Coupeville landing strip called an “outlying field”, or OLF, makes them miserable, with decibel levels soaring into the danger zone. A recent federal lawsuit caused the Navy to suspend operations at the OLF through the end of the year.
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Kathy Reed says she plans to take her campaign across the county, letting the Navy know loud and clear that many here never want the noise silenced. “That’s what makes Whidbey Island Whidbey Island.”
A rally in support of the OLF is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, August 3, at the corner of Highway 20 and Pioneer in downtown Oak Harbor.
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Jet supporters to the Navy: “Bring the noise!”
Posted on July 31, 2013 at 4:38 PM
Updated
today at 5:41 PM
It is an island divided. Complaints over loud navy jets recently shut down a landing strip on the south end of Whidbey Island. Now, neighbors to the north are saying, “Bring the noise!”
At the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, the whir of the office printer is drowned out by a roar from above.
“I love it!” said Chamber Director Kathy Reed over the din of an overhead plane on Wednesday.
A movement is taking flight in the navy town to keep fighters prowling and growling in the skies. The chamber is launching a propaganda campaign, saying “jets equal jobs.”
“Everybody says that’s the sound of freedom. Well, that’s the sound of our economic base,” said Reed.
Neighbors about 15 miles down the road complain noise from training missions at a Coupeville landing strip called an “outlying field”, or OLF, makes them miserable, with decibel levels soaring into the danger zone. A recent federal lawsuit caused the Navy to suspend operations at the OLF through the end of the year.
That prompted folks like Wendy Shingleton to stand up in defense of the Navy. She printed bumper stickers that boast “I Love Jet Noise” and t-shirts that proclaim “Jet Noise Is An Aphrodisiac.” She got calls from six states and sold out almost immediately.
“It was overwhelming. The best thing is it really has brought people here closer together,” she said from her clothing and gift store “Squadron Spirit.”
The island, however, remains split into two camps that see the jets as either a job generator, with 68 percent of employment in the county tied to the base, or a nuisance that pollutes the air with noise and exhaust.
Kathy Reed says she plans to take her campaign across the county, letting the Navy know loud and clear that many here never want the noise silenced. “That’s what makes Whidbey Island Whidbey Island.”
A rally in support of the OLF is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, August 3, at the corner of Highway 20 and Pioneer in downtown Oak Harbor.
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