U.S. to withdraw Apache helicopters from S.Korea: report

SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States will withdraw Apache attack helicopters from South Korea in March and replace them with A-10 attack aircraft and MH-53 helicopters, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency quoted Seoul's defense ministry as saying on Sunday.

The 24 Apache helicopters, to be replaced with 12 A-10 attack aircraft and two MH-53 helicopters, will be redeployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, it said.

The United States has 28,500 troops in South Korea, which is still technically at war with North Korea.

(Reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)