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OSAN AIR BASE NEWS

  • Maintainers keep Max Thunder rolling

    This week, maintenance Airmen from Osan and Kunsan Air Bases have been working around the clock to keep their F-16 Fighting Falcons finely tuned and flying on schedule here during Max Thunder 10-02.Max Thunder, a bilateral training exercise designed to demonstrate interoperability between U.S. and

  • National Parks of Korea: Seoraksan

    Editor's Note: This is the first article in a series highlighting national parks in the ROK.Earlier this month, I took the first step toward achieving one of my off-duty goals during my tour here: visiting all 20 National Parks of Korea.I decided to start at Seoraksan, having heard it was one of the

  • 18th Aggressor Squadron makes first deployment to ROK

    Kwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, is hosting the fourth annual MAX THUNDER exercise, a bi-lateral training exercise with ROK military forces. The exercise will occur in western airspace over the Korean Peninsula between ROK and U.S. allied air forces.Republic of Korea Air Force aircrew members

  • Max Thunder roars at Kwangju

    Flight sorties consisting of integrated U.S. and ROK Air Force aircraft and Airmen began here Oct. 18 as the focal point of Max Thunder 10-02.Max Thunder, a bilateral training exercise designed to demonstrate interoperability between U.S. and ROK military forces on the peninsula, kicked off Oct. 15

  • Airman Spotlight: Senior Airman Jeremy D. Blakey

    Unit: 51 MDSS/SGSXJob title: Unit Deployment ManagerJob description and its impact on the overall mission: The Air Force unit deployment manager's responsibility is to conduct all administrative functions for servicemembers that are deployed to accomplish the Air Force mission in peace or wartime

  • AFSO21 Rapid Improvement Event streamlines EPR/OPR process

    Team Osan is bringing change to the performance reporting process, thanks to a recent week-long Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century Rapid Improvement Event.Subject matter experts from across the wing gathered with a goal of streamlining the Enlisted Performance Report and Officer

  • Airman Spotlight: Airman 1st Class Apollo Shaffer

    Unit: 51st Munitions SquadronJob title: Munitions systems, precision-guided munitions crew memberJob description and its impact on the overall mission: Inspects, maintains, assembles/disassembles and tests AIM-9/120 and AGM-65/88 missiles. Performs operational testing/routine maintenance on missile

  • Osan hosts Air Power Day 2010

    Contrails filled the sky above Osan Air Base while the "ooh's" and "ahh's" of spectators could be heard all along the flightline during Air Power Day 2010 Oct. 9-10.The air show drew a two-day crowd of nearly 55,000 - more than quadrupling the previous year's attendance. This year's Air Power Day

  • 'Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win' to be Air Force motto

    Incorporating extensive inputs from all ranks and career fields in the development effort, Airmen have selected "Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win" as the service's motto. An enduring statement of Airmen's pride in their service, the motto is a two-part expression -- a call to action, with a response of