This file photo taken on September 18 shows a US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber (escorted by US and South Korean fighters flying over South Korea during a joint military drill. Japanese fighters also joined the latest such drill, conducted late Tuesday. Photo: AFP This file photo taken on September 18 shows a US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber (escorted by US and South Korean fighters flying over South Korea during a joint military drill. Japanese fighters also joined the latest such drill, conducted late Tuesday. Photo: AFP
This file photo taken on September 18 shows a US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber (escorted by US and South Korean fighters flying over South Korea during a joint military drill. Japanese fighters also joined the latest such drill, conducted late Tuesday. Photo: AFP
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US flies B-1 bombers over Korean peninsula again, flanked by South Korean and Japanese fighter jets

US warplanes took off from Guam, which has been threatened by North Korea

Topic |   North Korea
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Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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This file photo taken on September 18 shows a US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber (escorted by US and South Korean fighters flying over South Korea during a joint military drill. Japanese fighters also joined the latest such drill, conducted late Tuesday. Photo: AFP This file photo taken on September 18 shows a US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber (escorted by US and South Korean fighters flying over South Korea during a joint military drill. Japanese fighters also joined the latest such drill, conducted late Tuesday. Photo: AFP
This file photo taken on September 18 shows a US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber (escorted by US and South Korean fighters flying over South Korea during a joint military drill. Japanese fighters also joined the latest such drill, conducted late Tuesday. Photo: AFP
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