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OSAN AIR BASE NEWS

  • Team Osan Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Tomas Velez-Ojeda

    Name:  SSgt Tomas Velez-Ojeda "T-Vo"Unit:  51st MUNSJob title: Munitions ControllerJob description and its impact on the overall mission:  As a Munitions Controller, my primary job is to coordinate and direct the assembly and delivery of all munitions to the flightline to support combat and training

  • Conserving energy is not just for saving money

    Earth Day occurs every year on April 22 and striving to achieve "energy conservation every day in everything we do" can have a tremendous impact on the health of our planet. Besides congressional acts, Department of Defense mandates, and Executive Orders to reduce the consumption of energy at Osan

  • 12 key tasks help Team Osan 'get after' priorities

    This is the first in a series of articles relating an overview of the 12 key tasks at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The way Team Osan focuses on the 51st Fighter Wing's command priorities and defends the freedom of 51 million people will be explored through the 12 tasks prioritized as: runway

  • 51 LRS honors past in ceremony

    The women and men of the 51st Logistic Readiness Squadron assembled for a ceremony memorializing a past tragedy April 4, 2015, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.The ceremony honored the memory of the 16 dead and 11 injured in a jet fuel fire that happened here April 5, 1986.The gathering marked

  • Team Osan Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Ernest Opoku

    Name: SSgt Ernest A. OpokuUnit: 51 CESJob title: Pavement and Equipment OperatorJob description and its impact on the overall mission:  Leads military and civilian work teams to maintain and repair 75 miles roads, 140K sq yds of sidewalks, 2,102 acres of land, 30 miles of perimeter fencing and 1.5M

  • Team Osan Spotlight: Airman 1st Class Baylie Barrick

    Name: Baylie BarrickUnit:  607 Air Operations CenterJob title: Geospatial Intelligence/TargeteerJob description and its impact on the overall mission: A targeteer develops plans for aerial bombardments to maximize effect and limit the risk of civilian casualties in military conflict. We are part of

  • Team Osan begins 51 Days of Resiliency

    Team Osan kicked off their 51 Days of Resiliency campaign with a mandatory installation-wide formation followed by a fun run and family festivities April 10, 2015, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.The campaign, designed to encourage the honing of mental, social, spiritual and physical resilience,

  • Wrapping up command priorities

    This is the finale in a series of articles detailing the command priorities at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The pieces have explored the different ways in which Team Osan bands together to build fight tonight readiness, strengthen the base and team, grow leadership and professional, and drive

  • SECDEF visits, talks to Team Osan

    Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter visited Team Osan April 9, 2015, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.During the visit, Carter held a troop call in hangar 1732 where he briefly spoke about the importance of the United States' role in Asia before taking questions from the crowd and then coining,

  • Team Osan Spotlight: Yong-No Kim

    Name: Yong-No KimUnit: Osan Exchange(AAFES)Job title: Supervisor, ElectronicsJob description and its impact on the overall mission:  Mr. Kim supervises the electronics and furniture departments.  Within these departments, he is responsible for multiple tasks such as stocking and pricing of