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  • Operation Christmas Drop, cheer from above

    Operation Christmas Drop 2011 got underway here, Dec. 12, with the help of 374th Airlift Wing from Yokota Air Base, Japan. OCD is a private organization that collects goods to distribute to more than 50 Micronesian Islands every year at this time. The flights serve as a training mission for the

  • Barefoot runner sets Osan Airmen on right path

    The Osan Air Base Fitness Center recently hosted barefoot runner and author Ashish Mukharji for a one-day lecture and clinic Dec. 8, 2011.Mukharkji, who wrote the book "Run Barefoot Run Healthy" and has almost 24 years experience in running spoke to approximately 20 Airmen on the positive effects of

  • Tops in Blue serenades Airmen

    Icemen were treated to the musical prowess of this year's Tops in Blue performers Dec. 9 and 10.The theater was filled as Airmen and their families attended the Tops in Blue's performance, "Rhythm Nation."Over the years Tops in Blue has traveled to bases and events around the world, touching Airmen

  • Osan brings holiday cheer to Korean families

    More than 100 volunteers put together an unforgettable Christmas experience for about 60 children and foster parents of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation-Korea at the Osan Middle School, Dec. 10, 2011.The Pearl S. Buck Foundation was established to raise the awareness of children in Korea who are

  • WWII-era bomb unearthed, destroyed at Yokota

    A WWII-era bomb was unearthed at a construction site in front of the base fitness center here at approximately 1 p.m. Dec. 6, 2011. Yokota officials responded to the discovery by immediately establishing an initial cordon of 500 feet around the construction site after the object was unearthed.Once

  • Static F-86 display dedicated to Korean War ace

    The Pacific Air Forces and 15th Wing leadership dedicated a newly repainted static F-86E Sabre fighter aircraft to a former PACAF vice commander during a ceremony here Thursday.U.S. Air Force Gen. Gary North rededicated the aircraft, located here on O'Malley Boulevard, to retired U.S. Air Force Lt.