[Photo News] Armed Forces Day

A grand military parade took place in central Seoul on Tuesday in celebration of South Korea's Armed Forces Day.

The parade showcased diverse forces, including around 5,000 military personnel and 340 pieces of equipment, marching along a 1.5-kilometer stretch from Sungnyemun to Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul for an hour from 4 p.m.

For the parade, military personnel and vehicles carrying weapons and soldiers traveled from Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, to the parade venue, resulting in some arterial roads being blocked between 1:40 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Here are the photos from Tuesday’s marches.

South Korean Marine Corps march on Sejongdaero on Tuesday, as a part of military parade held in celebration of South Korea's Armed Forces Day. (Yonhap)

The Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team stages a flight over Jongno-gu, central Seoul, during the military parade commemorating Armed Forces Day on Tuesday. (Yonhap)

Honor guards and marching bands of South Korean military forces join the military parade along Sejongdaero northbound from Namdaemun to Gwanghwamun in central Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap)

Soldiers riding a K-2 Black Panther tank wave to citizens near Hangang Bridge, centeral Seoul, on their way to the parade venue on Tuesday. (Yonhap)

Two Korean War veterans Song Chi-seon (back right) and An Sang-jeong (back left) are seen in a parade for patriotic heroes and their families in Jung-gu, central Seoul, Tuesday. (Yonhap)

United States Forces Korea servicemen take part in a military parade in Jung-gu, Seoul, Tuesday. (Yonhap)

By Lim Jae-seong(forestjs@heraldcorp.com)