South Korea's Defense Ministry says the B-52 bombers took part in aerial drills with other U.S. and South Korean fighter jets Friday over the peninsula.
The US flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Korean Peninsula again in a show of strength amid concerns that North Korea might conduct a nuclear test.
Congress appears poised to save five littoral combat ships from an early retirement, but the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is saying that the fight to ditch the ships is not yet over.