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US helicopters in South Korea move to Iraq and Afghanistan
The United States will withdraw about 20 Apache attack helicopters from South Korea for redeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, the US military said Sunday.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:25 November 16, 2008
Seoul: The United States will withdraw about 20 Apache attack helicopters from South Korea for redeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, the US military said Sunday.
The US has notified South Korea of its plan to re-station one of the two Apache battalions in South Korea to make the unit available for rotational deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, the US military command in Seoul said in a statement.
Each Apache battalion is comprised of some 20 helicopters, according to US military spokesman Kim Yong-kyu.
It was not immediately clear when the Apaches would be withdrawn from South Korea.
The US plans to send 12 A-10 attack aircraft and two MH-53 helicopters to South Korea next March to temporarily replace the departing Apaches, Kim said.
The departing Apache helicopters will be stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, before their new operational deployment in the fall of 2009, according to the US statement.
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