Over 220 South Korean and U.S. military personnel and 10 allied joint air forces participated in realistic training.
Various aerial resupply missions such as cargo drops and airlifts were practiced, improving sustainment capabilities.,
The Ground Operations Command conducted a “2025 First Half Joint Combined Aerial Resupply Training” from May 9 to 16, involving more than 220 soldiers from both countries’ forces, including the 2nd and 5th Corps (Logistics Support Brigade, Special Forces Regiment), the 2nd Rapid Response Division, Army Aviation Command, Air Force Operations Command, Airborne Mobility Reconnaissance Command, Air Force Logistics Command, and the U.S. Marine Corps’ 1st Marine Logistics Group. This training was planned to overcome the challenging ground supply lines during wartime and to maintain and enhance the military’s operational sustainment capabilities. The photo shows a transport aircraft air-dropping resupply materials to a target location. Provided by the Army.
The “Joint Combined Aerial Resupply Training” is regularly conducted by the Ground Operations Command to overcome the vulnerabilities of ground supply lines to attacks in wartime and to enhance the military’s operational support capabilities.
In this training, combined air power, including C-130 transport aircraft from both U.S. and South Korean forces, as well as South Korean CN-235 transport aircraft and CH-47 helicopters, were deployed as part of the exercise. The training proceeded on the basis that tactical maneuver routes for area-specific mobile units were severed, and emergency supplies were air-delivered by aircraft.
In addition to existing procedures like ‘cargo drops,’ where small supplies are parachuted from flying transport aircraft, and ‘airlifts,’ which involve hoisting vehicles with transport helicopters, ‘equipment airdrops’ were also included, where military vehicles and other mobile equipment were air-dropped. The U.S. Marine Corps’ transport aircraft (KC-130J) also participated in the Ground Operations Command training for the first time.
Colonel Choi Moon-yong, battalion commander of the 2nd Corps Special Forces Regiment in the Ground Operations Command, stated, “We were able to experience the excellence of combined joint aerial resupply capabilities through this training.”