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OSAN AIR BASE NEWS

  • 51st MDG Delayed Team manages crisis patients

    Readiness exercise Beverly Herd 16-01 kicked off on May 9, and brought a vast variety of scenarios with it, ranging from simulated attacks on base opposition forces to sheltering in place. The 51st Medical Group was an active player in the exercise, taking in patients with simulated wounds and

  • Osan kicks off exercise with active shooter scenario

    A 51st Security Forces Squadron military working dog scours a building with its trainer during active shooter exercise at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 6, 2016. Osan’s defenders neutralized the simulated active shooter minutes after they entered the building. The scenario officially kicked

  • Osan hosts Spouse Appreciation Day

    Col. Andrew Hansen, 51st Fighter Wing commander, signs Spouse Appreciation Day proclamation, May 6, 2016, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The Airman and Family Readiness Center hosted a free lunch and provided spouses with tokens of appreciation from agencies around base in recognition of their

  • Team Osan celebrates Korean civilians for Labor Day

    Col. Andrew Hansen, 51st Fighter Wing commander, speaks during a Korean Labor Day lunch May 4, 2016, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Hansen thanked the Team Osan Korean civilians for their hard work and dedication to the base. Osan highlights Korean Labor Day to celebrate the host-nation

  • Airmen, Soldiers save lives in local fire

    Service members from 51st Fighter Wing, 8th Fighter Wing and the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade stepped in to aid four local community members and an Airman escape from a building fire in the Songtan shopping district outside Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 29, 2016. With no help and

  • NASA kicks off air quality study at Osan

    James Crawford, NASA lead U.S. scientist for Korea United States-Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) Experiment, points out the NASA DC-8 jet that will be participating on the Korea United States-Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) Experiment at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 29, 2016. KORUS-AQ will collect air

  • Commentary - Doubting Development

    What is the nature of doubt and does it serve a useful purpose? Perhaps the purpose can be seen as it drives behavior to action rather than inaction. A few years ago I found myself doubting the Enlisted Corps' ability to provide development and mentoring.

  • NASA lands at Osan

    NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center DC-8 aircraft parks on the flightline at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 27, 2016. The research aircraft is at Osan as part of a six-week cooperative Korean and U.S. air-quality study to advance the ability to monitor air pollution from space. (U.S.

  • Osan SAPR Team promotes Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention Month

    Capt. Sevrena Gordon, right, 51st Fighter Wing sexual assault response coordinator, discusses long distance relationships during the Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention Month “Brown Bag Lunch Series” on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 13, 2016. The weekly lunch series were discussions on