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The various kinds of local provocation readiness training conducted by the Air Force include

the northwest island provocation readiness training, joint coastal inf iltration training, nighttime
inf iltration and attack training, aircraft hijacking and air terrorism response training, guidance
training for aircraft carrying defectors and refugees, and training for interdicting enemy special

operations forces’ maritime inf iltration.
Training for specif ic missions by the Air Force ranges from defensive counter-air training to
air interdiction/deep area strategic target attack training, close air support training, airborne/

special operations training and combat search, and rescue training. Defensive counter-air
training to block enemy inf iltration forces’ attempts at intruding into the ROK airspace includes
territorial airspace intrusion response training, massive track inf iltration response training,

and joint and combined air-defense training. Air interdiction/deep area strategic target attack
training consists of training aimed at disrupting, delaying, and destroying enemy support forces
that have been augmented to the front area before they become a threat to the ROK Armed
Forces, and training for attacking strategic targets in an enemy’s deep area. Emergency air

interdiction training is carried out as a combined or joint exercise with ground forces—the U.S.
Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) and aircraft strike controllers of

the Special Warfare Command—with focus on enhancing the capabilities to detect and attack
moving targets. Close air support training to support operations by ground and naval forces
is conducted as daytime and nighttime exercises, urban and maritime exercises, and rear-area
close air support training. Airborne/special operations training, aimed at enhancing mission

execution capabilities for low-altitude inf iltration and airborne operations, includes joint air
transport training and air mobility aircraft airdrop package training. Meanwhile, to improve
mission execution capabilities for wartime combat search-and-rescue operations, the Air Force

conducts joint search-and-rescue training with the Special Warfare Command, maritime search-
and-rescue training under lighting support, and training by the combat search-and-rescue task
force.

In tandem with the various types of training and exercises, the Air Force conducts scientific
training, assisted by ground simulation training equipment, the Air Combat Maneuvering
Instrumentation (ACMI), and the Electronic Warfare Training System (EWTS), because of

limitations in carrying out actual air mobility training. The combined training by the Air Force
during the past two years is summarized in [Chart 3-14].

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