[Yang Nak-gyu's Defence photo] Air Force Power Dominating the Skies

Simulation of over 800 enemy aircraft and missile mock trajectory attacks

The Air Force will conduct training to defend against all possible aerial provocations that the enemy might attempt, including manned and unmanned aircraft, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles.

According to the Air Force Operations Command on the 14th, the "Joint Exercise for Responding to Large-Scale Enemy Aerial Intrusions" assumes a scenario where the enemy's large-scale aerial forces simultaneously and complexly infiltrate the airspace, and it is a training exercise that integrates air, ground, and naval air defense capabilities to respond. On the same day, joint response training will be conducted in the frontline area together with the Army Ground Operations Command, Navy Operations Command, Army Capital Defense Command, and Marine Corps Northwest Islands Defense Command. Prior to this, on the 13th, the Air Force conducted its own training.

In this exercise, not only the Air Force but also key operational leaders from the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps will gather at the Air Operations Command (KAOC) to directly monitor the training situation, discuss response strategies in real time, and deliberate on ways to strengthen joint operations.

Through this, the plan is to analyze recent enemy provocation patterns, including Hamas-style surprise attacks and recent aerial bombardments between Iran and Israel, and to enhance joint capabilities to respond to all aerial threats that our military must prepare for. To respond to the enemy's large-scale intrusion, about 30 fighter jets including F-35A, F-15K, and KF-16 were mobilized, along with Patriot and Cheongung missile systems. The Aegis destroyer Sejong the Great, Vulcan, Biho, Cheonma, and other air defense assets from each service will systematically respond by altitude in their respective zones.

For example, when the Air Force Central Air Defense Control Center (MCRC) detects tracks believed to be from enemy manned and unmanned aircraft or ballistic missiles, fighter jets such as F-15K and KF-16, along with Patriot, Cheongung, Aegis ships, and Biho and Cheonma systems, sequentially intercept the enemy aerial forces while checking the altitude-specific air defense mission procedures. Finally, fighter jets assigned to air defense missions, including the F-35A, completely eliminate the remaining enemy tracks, concluding the exercise.