B-1B Lancer bombers opened to public in Korea

Published : Sept 25, 2016 - 08:53 Updated : Sept 25, 2016 - 15:02

B-1B Lancer bombers that landed in South Korea earlier this week were revealed to the public Saturday, following the North's threat that its nuclear warheads will turn Seoul into ashes.

The 7th Air Force of the US held its "Air Power Day" event at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, to showcase strategic bombers to the general public.

The B-1B Lancer is one of the US military's three major multi-role, long-range bombers along with the B-52 Stratofortress and B-2 Spirit.

Dubbed the "swan of death," the B-1B Lancer is capable of reaching the peninsula from Guam in just two hours and is the fastest among the three.

In an apparent show of force, the United States on Wednesday sent two B-1B bombers to Osan Air Base and they returned to US Andersen Air Force Base on Guam.

(Yonhap)

The communist regime said the following day the nuclear warheads fired by the Korean People's Army will completely reduce Seoul into ashes.

"It is absurd that North Korea, which has threatened the peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in the world with nukes and missiles, (again) talks about turning Seoul into ashes," the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement.

In response, the Seoul government retorted the next day that any provocation will be met with "stern and strong" retaliation.

At the event on Saturday, US stealth fighter jets and C-17 jet transport planes performed aerial demonstrations.

Aerial demonstrations were followed by the performance of the South Korean Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team. (Yonhap)