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OSAN AIR BASE NEWS

  • Osan Leadership Pathways offers training opportunities to Airmen

    Professional military education provides all Airmen the opportunity to acquire management and leadership skills to help them excel in their careers.At Osan, leadership is reaching out to instruct and prepare Airmen through courses of all kinds to help them excel in their careers.Osan Leadership

  • Buddy Wing exercise scheduled at Daegu

    The 36th Fighter Squadron will deploy four F-16CM Fighting Falcons to Daegu Air Base to join the Republic of Korea's 11th Fighter Wing for a Buddy Wing exercise and exchange program Aug. 8 through 12.

  • Team Osan hosts CFC Air Boss Conference

    Team Osan hosted the 2016 Combined Forces Command Air Boss Conference for senior leaders to discuss airpower strategies in the Pacific region July 22.Eighty-one senior leaders, including 24 general officers from all branches of the Republic of Korea, United States and alliance forces, discussed

  • ‘Osan! I hear the cannons roar!’

    Since 1985, bird and wildlife strikes have cost the Air Force nearly $1 billion in damages from 108,000 strikes. The bird and animal aircraft strike hazard program is designed to preserve Osan’s warfighting capabilities through the reduction of wildlife hazards to aircraft operations.The 51st

  • Rescue teams hone skills during Pacific Thunder 16-2

    A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are making low passes over mountaintops, providing covering fire for two HH-60 Pave Hawks carrying Air Force rescue teams as they all coordinate to find pilots down behind enemy lines. A distress call is heard on the radio over the roaring of the rotor blades in the background

  • ADAPT educates Airmen on dangers of soju

    Excessive use of alcohol continues to be a problem across the Air Force, but Osan has an even larger obstacle: soju.This tasteless alcoholic beverage can contain up to 40 percent alcohol by volume, making it difficult for consumers to recognize their drinking limits.Osan’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse

  • US Embassy DCM familiarizes with 7th AF mission

    Capt. Scott Martin, 36th Fighter Squadron pilot, gives preflight instructions to Marc Knapper, U.S. Embassy to the Republic of Korea deputy chief of mission, before a familiarization flight in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 14, 2016. Knapper flew in the aircraft to

  • Exercise Pacific Thunder 16-2 kicks off with CSAR scenarios

    Exercise Pacific Thunder 16-2 kicked off this week with both U.S. and Republic of Korea air force units from throughout the Pacific participating in simulated combat search and rescue missions. The two-week long exercise is the largest combined joint exercise in the Pacific, and is designed to train

  • Ambassador Lippert familiarizes with 7th AF mission

    U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Mark Lippert poses for a photo with Osan Airmen before a familiarization flight in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 12, 2016. Lippert flew in the aircraft to better understand Seventh Air Force’s role in the defense of the RoK

  • AMC commander visits 731st AMS at Osan AB

    Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, Air Mobility Command commander, coins Staff Sgt. Frank Brooks, 731st Air Mobility Squadron passenger services supervisor, for being a star performer at the Osan passenger terminal July 11, 2016, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. While visiting Osan AB, the general had