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OSAN AIR BASE NEWS

  • Airman Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Benjamin Murphy

    Name/Rank: SSgt Benjamin MurphyJob title: Air Traffic Control Watch SupervisorJob description and its impact on the overall mission: Controls and regulates en route and terminal air traffic. Initiates and issues ATC clearances, instructions, and advisories to ensure the safe, orderly, and

  • Team Osan completes first Resiliency Training Assistant Course

    Sixteen Airmen from Osan Air Base graduated the inaugural Resiliency Training Assistant Course held Aug 5-8.The resiliency course, developed by the Army along with the University of Pennsylvania, teaches military members how to deal with the many issues that they might face in a calm, methodical

  • KRO Program Active at Osan

    The first rounds of service members are graduating from the new Korean Readiness Orientation program here. The new policy, enacted July 1 by Lt. Gen. Marc Jouas, 7th Air Force commander, requires all active duty Airmen assigned to or attached for duty to 7th AF to complete a number of activities

  • Osan members splash into rapids

    Members of Osan Air Base paddled through class II and III river rapids Aug. 23, 2014, as they journeyed down the Naerincheon River in Inje-gun, Gangwon-do Province.The Naerincheon River flows down the mountainside twisting and turning around rocks and river bends until emptying into the Hangang

  • Fuel shop keeps jets flying

    Jets from the 25th and 36th Fighter Squadrons soar through the air here at Osan Air Base every day in preparation to defend and maintain stability on the peninsula. Pilots train many hours a day to make sure they are ready at any time to go to battle.The 51st Logistic Readiness Squadron fuels flight

  • Korean Culture: What is Chuseok?

    Many of the Korean-national employees that help make up team Osan will be off work Sept. 8-10, for Chuseok, the major Korean holiday in the fall.Sometimes referred to the Korean Thanksgiving, Chuseok's origins come from the era of Korea being divided into three kingdoms. Traditionally observed for

  • Biomedical Sciences Corps in action

    The Biomedical Sciences Corps is a diverse medical corps with 17 different Air Force Specialty Codes leading and supporting the medical service corps mission.Biomedical Sciences date back to World War I with the formation of the Army Sanitary Corps May 18, 1917. The Army Sanitary Corps was a mixture

  • Photo Essay: The Climb

    At heights of 100 ft. or more, most people would be more worried about keeping solid footing as far away from the ledge as possible. However, the 51st Communications Squadron Cable Dawgs and 51st Operations Support Squadron Airfield System technicians have the counterintuitive job of hanging on the

  • Airman Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Jacquetta Ray

    Name: SSgt. Jacquetta Yolanda RayUnit: 731st Airlift Mobility Squadron Job title: Senior Command Post controller and non-commissioned officer of reportsJob description and its impact on the overall mission: As the leading edge of USAF's Rapid Global Mobility core competency, the 731st Air Mobility

  • Travel Feature: Songnisan National Park

    When talking with family and friends about your time in Korea what do you tell them? Many of my favorite stories and memories are when I experience Korea's vast, natural landscape and wilderness.A couple friends of mine and I took advantage of a day off together and jumped into a car with the GPS