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Osan's Airfield Damage Repair team exercises with Republic of Korea Air Force

Airmen of the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron airfield damage repair team participated in a combined-rapid-runway-repair-training exercise August 19, with the Republic of Korea Air Force's 19th Tactical Fighter Wing and 91st Air Civil Engineer Group at Jungwon Air Base, Republic of Korea. "This is the

Holiday Greetings team to visit Osan

An Army and Air Force Hometown News Service holiday greetings team will set up here from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 17-18 behind Turumi Lodge at the Lodge pavilion. The team will record individual 10 to 20-second greetings for the holiday season aimed at family and friends back home. Anyone with a

Symposium unites nurses in the Asia-Pacific region

More than 200 Military Nurses from 14 Asian Pacific countries gathered at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, for the Third Annual Asian Pacific Military Nursing Symposium August 3-7. The U.S. military sent 45 Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard medical personnel to

101 Critical Days of Summer: Motorcycle safety course could save a life

"Why are you doing that?! You need to turn your head and look toward the turn! No! Not like that! Lean into it!!!" the Motorcycle Safety Instructor yelled. In my head I thought, "I am! Stop yelling at me!"   It was the second day of a 12-hour motorcycle safety class at Yongsan, and I was dog

Gen. North assumes command of Pacific Air Forces

The command of Pacific Air Forces, celebrating 65 years of providing American airpower in the Pacific this month, was passed today from Gen. Howie Chandler to Gen. Gary North during a ceremony here on Freedom Tower Mall. General North assumed command after completing three and a half years of

Osan's Air Power Day is October 21

Come see airpower at its finest when Osan Air Base hosts the 2009 Air Power Day Oct. 21, a free event open to the public. The show will feature performances by the Air Force Thunderbirds, the Air Force's premier aerial demonstration team, and other aerial demonstrations featuring the A-10

Osan Cross Servicing Program fosters good relations

The first combat cross servicing program evaluation of the year took place here Aug. 10 when two Korean F-5's landed on the flightline. The Osan Combat Cross Servicing Program is a mutual agreement between the U.S. and Republic of Korea that allows the maintainers from both services to get hands-on

Turumi competes for Air Force Innkeeper Award

Voted the best lodging facility in the Pacific Air Force's for 2009, Turumi Lodge will now compete for the most prestigious lodging award in the Air Force: the Innkeeper award. The Air Force Innkeeper award is presented annually to recognize the lodging operation that provides the most outstanding

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