A squadron of US F-15E Strike Eagles will arrive in South Korea next month for months-long deployment, according to a spokesman of the United States Forces Korea (USFK) on Monday.

The two-seat fighters will fly to South Korea from the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska to take part in a military training aimed at accustoming themselves to geographical features of the Korean Peninsula, said Kim Young-kyu, a spokesman for the USFK.

"This is part of a US plan to strengthen its fighting power," Kim told reporters, adding the US jets will stay in South Korea for two-four months.

Kim declined to disclose the exact number of F-15Es to be deployed, only saying that an Air Force squadron usually comprises 12 to 24 airplanes.

The jets are equipped with a range of air-to-air and air-to-ground weaponry systems including Joint Direct Attack Munitions and GBU-27 laser-guided bombs, said Yonhap.

In late June, the US military deployed a squadron of US F-117A stealth fighters in its air base in Gunsan, about 270 kilometers southwest of Seoul, to engage in South Korea-US joint military exercises.

Moreover, the radar-evading fighters, dubbed Nighthawks, are still staying in South Korea, the spokesman said.

About 33,900 US troops are stationed in South Korea to deter alien attack. About 3,600 American troops in South Korea left for Iraq last week for a year-long mission. And this group of US military personnel will not return to the Korean Peninsula after their mission.

Washington said it would slash its number of troops in South Korea by one third by next year, prompting security jitters among South Koreans.