{"id":38944,"date":"2018-05-21T20:46:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T20:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/21\/report-us-shifted-planned-b-52-flight-due-to-south-korean-security-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:34:19","slug":"report-us-shifted-planned-b-52-flight-due-to-south-korean-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/21\/report-us-shifted-planned-b-52-flight-due-to-south-korean-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: US shifted planned B-52 flight due to South Korean security concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A planned flight of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/05\/18\/air-force-bombers-heading-to-england-in-june-for-training-mission\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">B-52 Stratofortress bombers<\/a> to the Korean Peninsula was re-routed due to South Korean concerns it would escalate tensions ahead of the historic June 12 summit in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/05\/18\/politics\/us-b-52-route-change-north-korea\/index.html\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal reported<\/a>, citing U.S. officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Journal was referencing the U.S. military\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"\/TEMP-LINK-TEMP\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">Continuous Bomber Presence<\/a> missions,\u201d according to Marine Lt. 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This would also include our decision-making process as it relates to operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Wall Street Journal\u2019s sources, South Korean officials said they did not want to participate in the mission involving the bombers due to concerns that the flights would antagonize their North Korean counterparts. The U.S. bombers carried out the second part of their mission, a training exercise with Japanese aircraft, according to the Journal.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a briefing Thursday, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White pushed back against reports that B-52s had been cut from a separate joint training exercise on the Korean Peninsula called \u201cMax Thunder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe scope of our exercises has not changed,\u201d she said about Max Thunder. \u201cI won\u2019t be able to speak to specific details, but our exercises are annual. They\u2019ve been longstanding. 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The mission that would have involved the B-52s was reportedly a separate endeavor, Blue Lightning, that is part of the Continuous Bomber Presence.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Max Thunder, which began last week, is mostly a joint U.S.-South Korean air exercise, involving about 100 aircraft from both countries training together over a two-week period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea was reportedly concerned about the presence of so many U.S. air assets in the exercise. 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