{"id":49381,"date":"2022-11-18T20:51:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T19:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=49381"},"modified":"2023-11-18T17:57:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T16:57:36","slug":"f-35a-and-f-16c-the-air-response-of-south-korea-and-the-us-to-threats-from-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/11\/18\/f-35a-and-f-16c-the-air-response-of-south-korea-and-the-us-to-threats-from-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35A and F-16C: the air response of South Korea and the US to threats from North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The communist dictatorship of Kim Jong-un has been carrying out a series of serious provocations against South Korea and Japan, with the launch of missiles.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/07\/08\/south-korea-shows-the-runway-tests-of-its-alternative-to-the-f-35-kai-kf-21-boramae\/\">South Korea shows the runway tests of its alternative to the F-35: KAI KF-21 Boramae<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/08\/29\/an-impressive-massive-takeoff-of-apache-black-hawk-and-chinook-helicopters\/\">An impressive massive takeoff of Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The latest of these provocations took place this Friday with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-63672399\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the launch of a missile North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)<\/a> that fell into the sea 210 km west of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. <strong>In the past two months, North Korea has already launched more than 50 missiles<\/strong>, most of them short-range. The missile launched today could reach the continental United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Korea and the US today responded to these threats by deploying F-35A and F-16C fighter jets<\/strong>. The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) have sent four F-35A and four F-16C fighters, respectively, which <strong>have made a joint formation flight in the form of wedge<\/strong>, a clear message of US support for South Korean democracy in the face of threats from the communist dictatorship of Kim Jong-un.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The ROKAF today released a video of this deployment<\/strong>, in which we can also see the launch of GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs by South Korean F-35As against moving targets in the field Pilseung Shooting Range:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud55c\ubbf8, \u5317 ICBM \ub3c4\ubc1c \ub300\uc751 \uc774\ub3d9\uc2dd\ubc1c\uc0ac\ub300(TEL) \ud0c0\uaca9\ud6c8\ub828 \ubc0f \uc5f0\ud569 \uacf5\uaca9\ud3b8\ub300\uad70 \ube44\ud589 \uc2e4\uc2dc | \ub300\ud55c\ubbfc\uad6d \uad6d\ubc29\ubd80\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ovzfzoFTx3s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see below some captures of the video. We start with <strong>the South Korean F-35As before takeoff<\/strong>. The ROKAF already has 40 of these fighters, in addition to 167 F-16s, 59 F-15E Strike Eagle fighter-bombers and 60 FA-50 Golden Eagle light fighters, in addition to 80 F-5s and 19 F-4E Phantom IIs already veterans.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52508285546_857ab27f4d_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>An image of the formation of four South Korean F-35As and four US F-16Cs.<\/strong> The F-16Cs are from the USAF 80th Fighter Squadron, based out of Kunsan, South Korea. The USAF Seventh Air Force, deployed in that country, has two wings with combat aircraft: the 8th, in Kunsan, with two squadrons of F-16C\/D, and the 51st, in Osan, with a squadron of F- 16C\/D and a squadron of A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52508832428_1db6e792de_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>An image of the combined formation of F-35As and F-16Cs<\/strong>, viewed from below (the footage was taken from another South Korean fighter jet, presumably). In the images, it can be seen that the F-16Cs carried air-to-air weapons: AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range missiles and AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-range missiles, as well as external fuel tanks under the wings. The F-35As carried all their weapons in the internal holds so as not to diminish their stealth capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52508557984_d6451b0ba7_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The launch of a GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb from a South Korean F-35A.<\/strong> This type of bomb has a weight of 230 kg and is one of the most widely used guided bombs by the air forces westerners. It has been used in combat with 88% accuracy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52508763270_8fa61a2394_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The second of the GBU-12 launches seen in the video.<\/strong> After being launched, these bombs deploy four fins that serve to guide their descent to the target. Guidance is carried out by a sensor located at the front of the pump. To reach its target, the bomb follows the trail of a laser beam that can be projected from the attacking aircraft itself or from a ground unit. South Korea has noted that this demonstration serves to demonstrate <em>\"the alliance's overwhelming ability and posture to strike the enemy with precision.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52508763310_e91b321e60_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The communist dictatorship of Kim Jong-un has been carrying out a series of serious provocations against South Korea and Japan, with the launch of missiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11546],"tags":[17862,1257,2088,7072,11043,16985,11556,10431,6761],"class_list":["post-49381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-military-aviation","tag-gbu-12-paveway-ii","tag-general-dynamics-f-16-fighting-falcon","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-lockheed-martin-f-35-lightning-ii","tag-north-korea","tag-republic-of-korea-air-force","tag-south-korea","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-air-force-usaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}