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  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, center, Air Force Surgeon General, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Steven Cum, Medical Enlisted Force and Enlisted Corps chief, answer questions about medical readiness at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 24, 2018.

    51st MDG highlights versatility during AF SG visit

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General, believes focusing on medical readiness and innovation will drive the Air Force Medical Service forward. During her visit to the 51st Medical Group at Osan Air Base, Sept. 24, Hogg received a firsthand look at the various capabilities of the primary care flight, dental clinic, pharmacy, flight medicine, emergency trauma bay, multi-service nursing unit, and other medical facilities.
  • The 51st Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Prevention flight will host Fire Prevention Week, beginning Oct. 7, which will bring events, live demonstrations, prizes and festivities to the Osan community. The week will focus on increasing awareness and educating Airmen and their families about risks, safe habits, and what to do in a fire emergency.

    Fire Prevention Week to bring demos, events Oct. 7

    The 51st Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Prevention flight will host Fire Prevention Week, beginning Oct. 7, which will bring events, live demonstrations, prizes and festivities to the Osan community.
  • U.S Staff Sgt. Devon Smith, firefighter with the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, wraps a cord around the edge of a fire truck during a mass casualty exercise at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 20, 2018. The firefighters used the cord to raise and lower a stretcher to rescue a simulated victim out of a burining building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Tyler)

    51st CES firefighters execute high-angle rescue training

    The firefighters conducted high angle rescue training to better familiarize themselves with saving the lives of trapped victims using rope rescue. The fire department worked closely with the 51st Medical Group field response team to evaluate high angle rescue operations, patient treatment and packaging, and receiving patients for transport to a medical facility.
  • U.S. Air Force veteran Chris Vaia renders a salute during the playing of the U.S. national anthems at a prisoner of war and missing in action remembrance ceremony at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 20, 2018. According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, more than 82,000 Americans remain missing from WWII, the Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War, Gulf Wars and other recent conflicts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sergio A. Gamboa)

    Osan remembers POW/MIA service members

    Team Osan hosted a 24-hour vigil run and remembrance ceremony to commemorate prisoner of war and missing in action military members, Sept. 20-21, 2018.
  • Members of the 51st Aerospace Medicine Squadron Public Health flight and students from local high schools show visitors an U.S. military field ration at the Pyeongtaek Health Festival in Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea, Sept. 16, 2018.

    Osan Public Health joins Pyeongtaek health festivities

    What do military rations, mosquitoes and chemical testing equipment have in common? Preventive medicine. They’re tools the 51st Aerospace Medicine Squadron Public Health flight used Sept. 16, 2018 at the Pyeongtaek Health Festival to demonstrate Team Osan’s countermeasures to local diseases.
  • U.S. Navy Capt. William Kafka, Indo-pacific Command Public Affairs Officer and Air Force Lt. Col. Megan Schafer, Pacific Air Forces PA Director brief Republic of Korea Air Force Col. Sang-kyu Lee, Cheif of PA, about the importance of strategic communication at Joint Base Peral Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii Sept. 11, 2018. ROKAF officers visited PACAF/PA to discuss the importance of communicating in an integrated, synchronized, and purposeful way to build a united PA system capable of achieving common operational goals in case of emergencies and bilateral operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

    ROK-US alliance continues through unified Public Affairs training

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Members of the Republic of Korea’s Air Force Public Affairs leadership team traveled to Pacific Air Force Headquarters to conduct periodic PA cooperation training Sept. 11-13.
  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, Seventh Air Force commander, and U.S. Air Force Airman Marcus Davidson, assigned to the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services flight, use a ceremonial sword to cut the cake during an Air Force 71st Birthday Ball at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, September 15, 2018.

    7th Air Force celebrates Air Force 71st Birthday

    Seventh Air Force hosted a ball in celebration of the 71st Air Force Birthday at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, September 15, 2018. The 51st Fighter Wing, located at Osan, and the 8th Fighter Wing, located at Kunsan Air Base, ROK, as well as staff from 7th Air Force and multiple detachments all gathered for an evening of socializing, hors d'oeuvres, dancing, a traditional piano-burn, and more.
  • Military members from United States Forces Korea pose for a photo while on a tour of Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, Sept. 13, 2018.

    Ministry of Defense strengthens ROK-US ties with Korean cultural tour

    The Republic of Korea’s Ministry of National Defense facilitated a tour for 50 United States Forces Korea service members, which included professional tour guides who taught the troops about the history, geopolitics, industry, agriculture and military importance of Jejudo, or Jeju Island. The MND hosted and underwrote the Cultural Orientation Program to Jeju Island Sept. 11-13, 2018. The MND uses the annual tour, which dates back to 1972, to express friendship and appreciation for U.S. military contributions to peace and security in Korea.
  • 51st Fighter Wing members receive 2018 United States Forces Korea Civilian of the Year awards

    Osan engineer’s win USFK awards

    OSANA AIR BASE, Republic of Korea – Two Osan engineers received 2018 United States Forces Korea Civilian of the Year awards during a ceremony at Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea, Sept. 13, 2018.
  • NFL Hall of Famers visit Osan Air Base

    NFL Hall of Famers visit Osan

    OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea – Orlando Pace and Bruce Smith, retired NFL Hall of Famers, visited Osan Air Base as part of an Armed Forces Entertainment and ProTour visit Sept. 8, 2018.
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