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Show of force: Hundreds of fighter jets paraded in South Korea as US displays its military might
The Daily Mail ^ | 14 March 2012 | Lyle Brennan

Posted on 03/14/2012 9:00:31 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

Show of force: Hundreds of fighter jets paraded in South Korea as US displays its military might

Kim Jong-un, take note.

After the North Korean leader made his first visit to the tense demilitarised border and Pyongyang agreed to freeze its nuclear weapons programme, United States and Republic of Korea aircraft joined forces in this huge display of F-16 Fighting Falcons.

As these pictures from Kunsan Air Base show, hundreds of the jet fighters stretched as far as the eye could see.

Formidable: Row after row of F-16 Fighting Falcons fills the airstrip in a show of force at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea

At the ready: The display was part of a series of joint military exercises by U.S. and Republic of Korea forces

North Korea has accused the U.S. and South Korea of preparing for a northward invasion, but the allies insist the exercises are merely defensive drills.

The warplanes were part of a joint exercise earlier this month combining the 35th and 80th Fighter Squadrons from the 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, ROK; the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from the 388th FW at Hill Air Force Base, Utah; and the 55th EFS from the 20th FW at Shaw.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2114943/Hundreds-fighter-jets-paraded-South-Korea-US-displays-military-might.html#ixzz1p6ip63fI

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; f16; hillafb; kunsanafb; shawafb; southkorea; usaf
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1 posted on 03/14/2012 9:00:43 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Hey!! Dispurse those babies! Didn’t Pearl Harbor teach you anything!!!


2 posted on 03/14/2012 9:04:15 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (God is watching America. He is judging America. He does not like what He is seeing.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Ping.


3 posted on 03/14/2012 9:04:33 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Rows of Sitting Ducks is not a good idea at all.


4 posted on 03/14/2012 9:06:25 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (F-16 not VTOL? ? ??????? ?? Who knew?)
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To: Jet Jaguar

F-16 ping.

That is a LOT of F16s!


5 posted on 03/14/2012 9:06:33 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Spoiler Alert! The secret to Terra Nova: THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Photoshopped


6 posted on 03/14/2012 9:06:40 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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To: Army Air Corps

LOL — when we see an F-16 we all immediately think of JJ!

I still think the F-16 will never be bested by any aircraft from a price/performance perspective. The mission creep on the F-35 has priced that flying anvil out of any reasonable market.


7 posted on 03/14/2012 9:10:09 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Spoiler Alert! The secret to Terra Nova: THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

If that is even a real picture, I count perhaps 48 aircraft. Possibly lined up only for one-time publicity pictures.


8 posted on 03/14/2012 9:11:13 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: freedumb2003

Actually, I only counted 52. Not exactly hundreds.


9 posted on 03/14/2012 9:11:50 AM PDT by henkster (Andrew Breitbart would not have apologized.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I count about 50 from the pictures provided.


10 posted on 03/14/2012 9:13:35 AM PDT by panaxanax (0bama >>WORST PRESIDENT EVER.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Hey!! Dispurse those babies! Didn’t Pearl Harbor teach you anything!!!

You took the words right out of my mouth.I was just thinking that I hoped all of those falcons were photoshopped because that Crazy sob up north would only have to launch a nuke and wipe out the 8th Tactical Fighter wing.

That would be a big problem.


11 posted on 03/14/2012 9:15:48 AM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: freedumb2003
That is a LOT of F16s!

If you think that is impressive go use Google Earth and look at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. I never new there had been that many F-16s, much less that many sent to the bone yard.
12 posted on 03/14/2012 9:16:51 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I hope they didn’t leave them like that for long - talk about a tempting target for a bomber


13 posted on 03/14/2012 9:18:27 AM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: RetiredArmy

The F16s are armed and ready to take off, not like Pearl Harbor.


14 posted on 03/14/2012 9:18:53 AM PDT by 20yearvet (they yell for more tests as long as its your money)
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To: 20yearvet

You missed the humor all the way. Geeze.


15 posted on 03/14/2012 9:19:42 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (God is watching America. He is judging America. He does not like what He is seeing.)
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To: puppypusher

young kim knows that doing that would result in his house
becoming a smoking tomb.


16 posted on 03/14/2012 9:20:18 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Isn’t it a little early for a May-Day celebration, Premier Obama?


17 posted on 03/14/2012 9:22:25 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: henkster

>>Actually, I only counted 52. Not exactly hundreds.<<

I don’t even own one yet, so 50+ looks like a lot to me.


18 posted on 03/14/2012 9:22:43 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Spoiler Alert! The secret to Terra Nova: THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

That is four squadrons. Each squadron at 12 aircraft a piece so a total of 48 Falcons. This is a total photo op and nothing else. The aircraft are useless on a runway that close together and you would want to separate them ASAP as they are a huge target.

Since the U.S. has over 1,200 Falcon’s in our inventory even after reductions a group of 48 is not really that impressive except for a photo op like this.

Interesting to see though.


19 posted on 03/14/2012 9:25:10 AM PDT by CCGuy (USAF (Ret.))
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To: RetiredArmy
Didn’t Pearl Harbor teach you anything???

Did FDR had foreknowledge the Pearl Harbor was to be attacked?  I believe so.  It was the moment FDR administration was waiting for, according to the military analyst/historians featured in the military channel.  U.S. and UK had already cracked the JN25 long before the Japanese attacked.
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=408

So what lesson you learned about Pearl Harbor?
20 posted on 03/14/2012 9:32:54 AM PDT by hamboy
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