15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force Wing, and the 407th Strategic Fighter Wing. They were all redesignated and transferred to other USAF components in 1957–58 with the end of the fighter escort concept. On 25 June 1950, the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) invaded South Korea. On 27 June the United Nations Security Council voted to assist the South Koreans in resisting the invasion. President Harry S. Truman authorized General Douglas MacArthur (commander of the US occupying forces in Japan) to commit units to the battle. MacArthur ordered General George E. Stratemeyer, CIC of the Far Eastern Air Force (FEAF)
U.S.–South Korea Status of Forces Agreement to the joint committee on the Status of Forces Agreement. The U.S.-South Korea Status of Forces Agreement is often a focal point for political disputes regarding US presence in South Korea. The agreement's promotion of U.S military presence in South Korea has served as a catalyst for many base expansion protests such as the Daechuri Protests which was a 2005/6 protest against the expansion of U.S. military base Camp Humphreys. U.S.–South Korea Status of Forces Agreement The U.S.–South Korea Status of Forces Agreement (Hangul: ; Hanja: , SOFA), formally Agreement under Article IV of the Mutual Defence Treaty between the