Pet Lodge offers grooming, boarding services to Osan

A part of the mission here at Osan is to take care of active duty service members and their families. For some, those families include four-legged companions as well. To help pet ownersowners' better care for their animals the Pet Lodge started offering grooming services April 1, along with the

Airman Spotlight: Senior Airman Kristina Overton

Unit: 51st Fighter Wing Job title: Public Affairs specialist Job description and its impact on the overall mission: As a public affairs specialist, I am responsible for relaying key AF and wing messages to the base populous, authoring, editing and publishing the base newspaper, monitoring and

Annual parade, Easter egg hunt unite Osan families

AMMO ensures pilots are armed to fight

Assisting in the Air Force's ability to fly, fight, and win and Osan's dedication to be ready to fight tonight, the aircraft munitions maintenance organization is an essential part of the mission here. The Airmen are responsible for munitions breakdown, production and delivery skills in support of

Team Osan volleys for title

Airmen help Airmen through 2013 AFAF

With so many budget constraints and things like Sequestration this year, there's no better time than now to help each other out, and the Air Force Assistance Fund kicked-off just in time to do that.The six-week AFAF campaign at Osan began March 26 and will run through May 3 in the hopes t of raising

Yellow dust season poses health risks

March and April on the Korean Peninsula bring a break between the winter-bearing Siberian air mass and the summer swelter that flows from Southern Asia. But, just to keep things interesting, spring in Korea also means yellow sand storms from the Gobi Desert in Northern China, Inner Mongolia, and

Osan commander hits 3,000 F-16 hours

Col. Patrick McKenzie, 51st Fighter Wing commander, joined a small elite group of pilots by reaching 3,000 hours in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Osan, March 28, 2013. "I feel very lucky to have been able to reach this feat," said McKenzie. "This is a rare accomplishment for any fighter pilot, I have

‘Do-it-yourself’ store helps Airmen maintain base facilities

With the various Air Force budget constraints, Airmen have had to find new and innovative ways to complete the mission. From building renovation projects to simple base beautification, it's become more and more common for individuals to take on these tasks instead of contracting them out. One of the

Mustangs demonstrate excellence in BM 13-02

The week-long Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 13-02 came to a close March 21.The exercise was designed to test the 51st Fighter Wing's ability to not only receive, bed down and employ follow-on forces, but to defend the base and execute combat sorties in defense of the Republic of