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51st FW/CC's New Year Commentary

Coming off of a successful holiday season, we open the New Year recharged and ready for a busy year as we hone our combat readiness, plan for tour normalization at Osan, continue to develop our Airmen, and train to make sure that we are ready to fight and win tonight. Next week we have our first

Officials set military housing allowance rates for 2009

Housing allowances for military members will go up an average of 6.9 percent in 2009, Defense Department officials announced Monday. The increase comes to an average of about $95 per month across the board for the 950,000 servicemembers expected to draw basic allowance for housing, or BAH, in 2009,

How to Save a Life -- Suicide Prevention

The military community has always placed an emphasis on suicide prevention and, now more than ever, we need to pull our military family together to tackle a growing concern ... an increase in the number of Air Force members who take their own life. Since Oct. 1, there has been an increase in

Mustang 1 offers holiday wishes

Team Osan, Happy Holidays! What a year 2008 has been. We have accomplished a tremendous amount this past year. All of Team Osan should be proud. This holiday season offers us time that is too often pushed aside due to heavy work demands and the rigors of everyday life. I encourage you to take

Have a fire safe holiday season

This is the season where family and friends come together to enjoy the holidays. To ensure you and your family have an enjoyable and safe holiday, Osan Fire Department would like to past on a few fire safety tips: Natural Trees - Pick the freshest tree, pinch the needles if they break or fall off

Tops In Blue entertains the ROK

Tops in Blue made a special appearance to the Republic of Korea Armed Forces Friday to help celebrate the group's 60th anniversary. The visit was part of the 2008 World Tour titled "Deja Blue" where thirty-seven members of the Air Force's premiere entertainment group serenaded to over 700 ROK Air

F-22As scheduled to deploy to Japan, Guam

The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to deploy two contingents of F-22A Raptors to the Pacific theater in January 2009 for approximately three months. Current plans call for 12 of the fighters to deploy to Kadena Air Base, Japan, from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and another 12 to deploy to Andersen Air

PACAF centralizes fit testing

Airmen across PACAF will soon see a change in their fitness testing procedures as the command moves to centralize all fit testing under base health and wellness centers by March of 2009. After receiving feedback from across the command, Gen. Howie Chandler, Pacific Air Forces commander, directed the

How do I train for the Air Force fitness test to succeed every year?

All Airmen know the four primary fitness test components that compromises the Air Force fitness program -- aerobic component (worth 50%), abdominal circumference component (worth 30%), pushups (worth 10%), and crunches (worth 10%). But how does one prepare to exceed the standards year-in and