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  • Combat medic shares story about 'just doing his job'

    "We were used to getting hit," said Staff Sgt. Warren Williamson Jr., a medic with the 18th Medical Operations Squadron. "But that day...that day was different." Of the 300-plus combat missions he was a part of while deployed last year, Williamson recalls a day he will never forget, a day he could

  • Alpha Battery Soldiers complete Combatives training

    Soldiers from the Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion of the 1st Air Defense Artillery here participated in Combatives training July 24 at the Wolf Pack Fitness Center. Created to prepare Soldiers to face hand-to-hand combat situations, the training emphasizes subduing an enemy without a weapon. U.S. Army

  • Mustangs participate in Beverly Bulldog 12-03

    Osan Airmen are participating in Beverly Midnight 12-03, an exercise designed to test the base's ability to operate in a heightened state of readiness. View slideshow for photos of Airmen around base.

  • MDG CT scanner; saving lives and money

    In a small room on the basement level of the base hospital sits the 35th Medical Group's computerized tomography, better known as the CT scan. Although this piece of machinery is easily the largest scanner and the most expensive piece of technology the 35 MDG owns, it does the base a huge

  • Team Osan Airmen launch combat sorties

    A-10 Thunderbolt II's and F-16 Fighting Falcon's launch during a combat sortie for operational readiness exercise Beverly Midnight 12-03 from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 24, 2012. Osan Airmen are in the fourth simulated wartime contingency exercise executed in 2012 that will test the

  • Team Osan launch combat sorties

    A-10 Thunderbolt II's and F-16 Fighting Falcon's launch during a combat sortie for operational readiness exercise Beverly Midnight 12-03 from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 24, 2012. Osan Airmen are in the fourth simulated wartime contingency exercise executed in 2012 that will test the

  • A night out with the Gunsan Philharmonic Orchestra

    Several Airmen from Kunsan Air Base attended a performance July 20 by the Gunsan Philharmonic Orchestra in downtown Gunsan.  The orchestra entertained the crowd with several classical pieces, and their performances also showcased the musical and poetic talents of vocalists.

  • Mustangs practice receiving follow-on forces

    Participants of operational readiness exercise Beverly Midnight 12-03 process the initial deployment line at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 24, 2012. The reception line offers service members legal, financial, religious and medical advice as well as processes them into the deployment

  • Optometry keeps Andersen's eyes on the mission

    -- It is common knowledge that flying a plane requires near perfect eyesight. A common misconception for those looking to join the Air Force is that a person is required to have 20/20 vision. Before entering the Air Force, routine tests are conducted to qualify individuals for various career fields.

  • Andersen's Radiology clinic minimizes risk

    Andersen's Radiology clinic uses imaging to diagnose and treat its patients with different techniques, from X-rays to magnetic resonance imaging.Many patients fear that these scans will expose them to cancer-causing radiation. However, there is more than one type of scan, both routine, and each with