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| Spy Flights to resume - without fighter escorts |
| 2003-03-12 |
| via Fox News Broadcast 11:45AM PST According to Fox the RC-135 and U2 flights will resume. The flights will stay in international airspace as before, but will NOT be escorted by fighter jets. The Pentagon doesn't want to establish precedent by having to protect our legal observation flights in international airspace. Fighters will be on standby in Japan, and was observed previously, F-117A fighters have been sent to SKorea for coordination practice with the current wargames. How would you like to be the crew assigned to be the next |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #7 Isn't the RC-135 involved in the incident one of only a few of its type? Sounds to me like I'd have a couple fighters along just because, even if the NKors weren't challenging it. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-03-13 00:13:11 |
| #6 Has anyone heard how the South Korean president responded to the incident? He called it "predictable," and then warned the US not to go "too far." Later, one of his party members said the US "provoked the incident to some extent." William Saphire called South Korea "neutral," rather than an ally, for good reason. I thank God everyday the Americans are finally pulling out from South Korea - with (appeasing) friends like them, who needs enemies. It's just a shame, because now a wonderful nation is going to have to suffer because of the stupidity of its leaders. BTW, for commentary on the Korean crisis, written by a long-time American expat living in South Korea, pop by my blog once and a while. |
| Posted by: The Marmot 2003-03-12 23:37:48 |
| #5 Gee, I sure hope the NKOR radar ops can tell the difference between a RC-135 and a flight of F-14's. Somebody might be in for a real surpise. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-03-12 18:54:47 |
| #4 Whoever's flying CAP for the Carl Vinson when they try this better be awake. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-03-12 15:25:42 |
| #3 My gut feeling is that we will not be escorting flights, per se, but our fighters will be doing exercises in the vicinity in unrelated movements. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-12 14:23:35 |
| #2 influence - DOH! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-12 14:18:17 |
| #1 sorry not wait for a hard link - I was just too pissed off at the State dept-type inflence overriding our people's safety ....AAAArrggghhh - here's "Reuters": U.S. Resuming Military Recon Flights Off N.Korea Wed March 12, 2003 02:37 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is resuming military reconnaissance flights in international air space off North Korea after a delay sparked by the intercept of one of the unarmed aircraft by North Korean fighters this month, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. The officials, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters the big Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance planes would be watched over by AWACS military radar planes and high-tech U.S. Navy warships in information-gathering missions over the Sea of Japan. The officials did not say whether flights had actually resumed but said there were plans to do so after the aggressive March 2 intercept of an RC-135 by four North Korean fighter jets about 150 miles off the coast of North Korea. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-12 14:17:48 |