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Key Resolve ends for Air Component Command

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  • By Airman 1st Class Hailey Davis
  • 7th Air Force Public Affairs
OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea --  The United States Combined Forces Command announced the successful completion of annual computer-assisted simulation exercise Key Resolve at Osan Air Base today.

"Key Resolve is an annual exercise about readiness," said U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas, 7th Air Force and Air Component Command commander. "It's about our forces, combined and joint, being ready to deter any threat, defend the Republic of South Korea and defeat any attack against the alliance."

Jouas said joint and combined exercises are important because they enhance readiness, not only forpeople unfamiliar to the mission of Korea, and they also teach senior leadership the decisions they'll have to make in difficult circumstances.

"'Kachi-kapshida' means that ROK-U.S. service members serving in the Republic of Korea share burdens and make sacrifices together to maintain peace in the Korean Peninsula," said Republic of Korea Air Force Lt. Gen. Park, Sin Gyu, Air Force Operations Command commander.

Park added that the ROK-U.S. team at the ACC faced several challenges, responded to situations and overcame the difficulties through close coordination.

"We have a great team here, Gen. Park and I," Jouas said. "When we come together we are the strongest airpower team in the world."

Park explained the strong teamwork that ROK-U.S. Airmen developed was the key to the efficient projection of airpower to successfully execute air operations within the Korean Theater of Operations.

Training exercises like Key Resolve are carried out in the spirit of the 1953 ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty. These exercises highlight the longstanding partnership and enduring friendship between United Nation Command sending state nations, help ensure peace and security on the peninsula, and reaffirm the U.S. commitment to the region.

"It's truly meaningful that the ROK-U.S. airpower team strives to achieve one goal as one team for the success of Key Resolve," Park said.