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Fire breathing launch: Osan's jets are ready

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  • By Staff Sgt. Craig Cisek
  • 51st Fighter Wing Public Affairs
OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea --  As the sun begins to rise March 20, 2012, F-16 Fighting Falcons and an A-10 Thunderbolt II launch from Osan Air Base as part of the operational readiness exercise Beverly Midnight 12-01. Osan's Airmen provide combat ready forces for close air support, air strike control, counter air, interdiction, theater airlift, and communications in the defense of the Republic of Korea, and the exercise tests these abilities during a heightened state of readiness.