Photo of Airmen, U.S. Air Force aircraft participate in an aircraft generation training event.

OSAN AIR BASE NEWS

  • Osan concludes peninsula wide training event

    Vigilant Defense 24, hosted by Seventh Air Force, is a peninsula-wide combined flying training event with participants from the U.S., Republic of Korea and Royal Australian Air Forces, at Osan Air Base, ROK, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2023.

  • Osan utilizes alternate landing strip during Vigilant Defense 24

    U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron prepare for a F-16 Fighting Falcon to utilize an alternate landing strip during Vigilant Defense 24 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 29, 2023. In contingency environments, the ALS is activated when the main runway sustains heavy

  • ROKAF, USAF F-35s fly side by side

    U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs from the 356th Fighter Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base flew side by side with Republic of Korea Air Force F-35s from the 151st and 152nd Combat Flight Squadrons as part of bilateral exercise over the Yellow Sea. This combined training demonstrates our commitment

  • Practice how you play: 51st MXS annual confined space fuels training event

    The tight working conditions inside of the A10c Thunderbolt present a challenge. Airmen with the 51st Maintenance Squadron are required to be prepared for scenarios involving an incapacitated worker that needs to be rescued from the fuel compartment. Fuels technicians practice these procedures in a

  • Friendships forged in fire

    Airmen assigned to the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services flight teamed up with their off-base counterparts to conduct joint training at the Korea National University of Welfare in Pyeongtaek, May 17. The exercise was one of many held annually to familiarize the two services

  • BH 17-1: Personnel decon suits

    Airman 1st Class Joseph Clutts, right, with the 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, decontaminates the chemical suit of Senior Airman Luke Markle, with the 51st Munitions Armament, during Exercise Beverly Herd 17-1 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 28, 2017. To fully decontaminate their entire

  • Beverly Herd 17-1 takes off

    OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea – Exercise Beverly Herd 17-1 kicked off on Feb. 26, during which the 51st Fighter Wing Mustangs and their partner units will train on a variety of different objectives.The exercise, which is scheduled to last through March 3, will see an intensification of flying

  • Osan Loads up for Beverly 16-2

    Members from the South Carolina Air National Guard 169th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron unload an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile from an F-16 Fighting Falcon during exercise Beverly Herd 16-2 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Beverly Herd 16-2 allows the 51st Fighter Wing and

  • Exercise Beverly Herd 16-2 kicks off at Osan

    Exercise Beverly Herd 16-2, a quarterly exercise flexing Team Osan’s war-fighting muscles, kicked off Aug. 23.The base-wide exercise tests each unit’s ability to conduct their wartime mission successfully and be prepared to ‘fight tonight’.