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U.S. bombers conduct bilateral mission with allies in response to North Korea ICBM launch

Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs

July 30, 2017 | 0:59

In a demonstration of ironclad U.S. commitment to our allies, a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, and B-1B assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, deployed from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, perform a low pass over Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, during a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula, July 30, 2017. The B-1s first made contact with Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter jets in Japanese airspace, then proceeded over the Korean Peninsula and were joined by South Korean F-15 fighter jets. This mission is in direct response to North Korea’s escalatory launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles on July 3 and 28. (Courtesy video)