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OSAN AIR BASE NEWS

  • 51st FW, PACAF test next generation aircrew protection

    During a next generation aircrew protection (NGAP) evaluation, 51st Fighter Wing pilots and groundcrew participants tested updated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) procedures by practicing step, launch and recovery of aircraft in a simulated chemical filled environment. Pacific

  • “See Something, Do Something … Live to Be Lethal!”

    The Air Force Safety Center recently sponsored a department-wide contest to bring attention to off-duty risk management. Participants were encouraged to create both video and safety slogans of off-duty threats to the Human Weapon System. The contest ran from October 8 through November 27, and our

  • Osan honors memory of weapons Airman

    The 51st Munitions Armament Flight honored the life and service of Staff Sgt. Tyrell Harris by redesignating and renaming a GFU-8 Ammunition Loading Assembly system, or ALA, in his honor during the weapons load crew of the quarter competition, on Jan. 12, 2023.

  • Runway Wardens: Air Traffic Control

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Noah Carpenter, 51st Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, observes an aircraft taking off from the runway before switching communications to the next pilot in queue at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 9, 2023. All ATC personnel within the Air Force

  • Osan Airmen participate in load crew comp

    Ammo bomb-building Team One consisting of U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob Salwey, Staff Sgt. Joshua Sandy, Chin U Kim and Chin Kim, from the 51st Munitions Squadron, build a 2,000-pound laser-guided bomb during the fourth quarter load crew competition on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 12,

  • 51st MDG trains on the TK2

    As part of a Pacific Air Forces initiative, 51st Medical Group installation medical all hazard response (IMAHR) teams were trained on the deployment and operation of the Tent Kit 2 (TK2) expeditionary medical support shelter system. Instructors, visiting from the 354th Medical Group, Eielson Air

  • ROKAF, 51st FW showcase CBRN capabilities

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Laugesen and Senior Airman Dionicia Latus, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management technicians, locate a simulated mortar during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear capability demonstration at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 5, 2023. The

  • 25th Fighter Squadron Operations at Osan Air Base

    An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron taxies on the runway following a training mission at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 4, 2023. The A-10 Thunderbolt or “Warthog” made its first flight in 1972 filling the role of a close air support aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo by

  • Physical activity, the resilience that follows

    After a long, stressful day or week of work, you might think spending another hour or two of my precious time working out is the last thing I’d want to do, but I have realized that inside of the fitness center is exactly where I need to be.

  • Osan’s F-16s take off for training

    F-16 Fighting Falcon’s assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron taxi on the runway before flight during a training mission at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec. 28, 2022. The 36th FS prepares for and executes immediate combat operations focused on the defense of the Republic of Korea and regional