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OSAN AIR BASE NEWS

  • Operation Combat Fox – The USAF Response

    At approximately 1345 hours on 23 January 1968 (Korea Time), North Korean patrol boats seized the USS Pueblo, a US Navy intelligence-gathering vessel, in international waters of the East Sea near Wonsan, North Korea. One USS Pueblo crewmember was killed in the boarding, with 82 taken POW, and later

  • Airman Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Valerie Vasquez

    Name: Staff Sgt. Valerie VasquezUnit: 51st Aerospace Medicine Squadron - Health PromotionsJob title: Diet Therapy TechnicianJob description and its impact on the overall mission: Therapeutic inpatient feeding, subsistence management, administration, resource management, and clinical dietetics allow

  • U.S. forces receive a piece of history from Republic of Korea

    Service members stationed across the Korean peninsula are getting a special gift this year from the Korean Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs as a thank you for their service and sacrifice. All service members received a special edition, framed portion of wire fence from the demilitarized

  • Air Force officials announce enlisted constrained jobs list

    Air Force officials announced Jan. 10, the fiscal 2012 career job reservation program with 16 Air Force Specialty Codes placed on the constrained list.Career job reservations allows the Air Force to control the number of first-term Airmen reenlisting in career fields where projected manning levels

  • Dorm renovations bring improved quality of life to Osan

    In an attempt to improve the quality of life for Airmen, members of 51st Civil Engineer Squadron have been working alongside Korean contractors to renovate dormitories here since September 2011. The main focus of the renovations is to give the dormitories a modern upgrade by replacing electrical

  • Air Force chief of staff releases 2012 reading List

    The Air Force chief of staff announced his latest professional reading list Jan. 6.In a letter to all Air Force personnel, Gen. Norton Schwartz said today's Airmen are among the military's best educated and most inquisitive. "We Airmen are innovators because we embrace the word 'why' and mine it for

  • New 7th AF commander assumes command

    The leadership of 7th Air Force changed hands during a change-of-command ceremony here Jan. 6.Lt. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas assumed command from Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Remington as Army Gen. James D. Thurman, the U.S. Forces Korea commander, and Gen. Gary L. North, the Pacific Air Forces commander, presided

  • Timely in-process a matter of importance

    The days of two and three weeks in-processing at Osan Air Base will soon be a thing of the past and for good reason. With the direction of Col. Mark DeLong, 51st Fighter Wing vice commander, AFSO21 conducted a Rapid Improvement Event on the base in-processing procedures last week. The ultimate goal

  • Airmen recognized for gallant efforts during bus crash

    Five Airmen from the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron were recognized for their gallant efforts in response to a vehicle accident that occurred on base Nov. 22, 2011.Col. Patrick McKenzie, 51st Fighter Wing commander, presented certificates to three of the five Airmen in a commander's call held Jan. 3,