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  • CAPEX tests Kunsan's bomb-building abilities

    The Combat Ammunition Production Exercise is underway here June 6 to 10, testing the wing's capabilities to build munitions to support combat sorties if, or when, the Wolf Pack is called to "Take the Fight North." Inspectors from across the combat Air Force, including instructors from the Air Force

  • Always practice safe sun

    Not only does Memorial Day mark the beginning of the Air Force's Critical Days of Summer campaign, it also marks the start of summer.With the weather warming up and school letting out, people are spending more time outdoors, making them more susceptible to heat exhaustion, heat stroke or

  • Yokota maintainers help local town clean the streets

    Sunday is usually a day for relaxation before another busy week of work, but for some Yokota Airmen, it was a day to roll up their sleeves and get cleaning.The group of approximately 70 volunteers from the 374th Maintenance Group at Yokota Air Base, Japan, joined residents June 5 of the small

  • PACAF command chief visits Andersen

    Visiting bases is the most direct means the Pacific Air Forces' command chief has to communicate with PACAF Airmen and families, whether it's to listen to concerns, provide guidance for professional development or to deliver messages from Air Force leadership. PACAF Command Chief Master Sgt. Brooke

  • Post Office: Keeping you closer to home

    The Kunsan Air Base Post Office is responsible for all incoming and outgoing mail on base. Workers there ensure mail is delivered safely and securely to the addressee.

  • Pharmacy: Giving you what you need

    The 8th Medical Group at Kunsan Air Base, Korea, manages the medical clinic that offers flight medicine, general medicine, dentistry, bioenvironmental services and military public health. The pharmacy fills approximately 1,100 prescriptions a month.

  • U.S ambassador rides with the pack at Kunsan

    U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Kathleen Stephens visited Kunsan Air Base June 1 - 2 on her cycling tour of the Korean peninsula ."I've been wanting to come back to Kunsan ever since I came here more than a year ago," she said. "But on this occasion I came here on my bicycle."The tour began

  • Smart meters enlighten engineers of base energy usage

    The 718th and 18th Civil Engineer Squadrons at Kadena Air Base, Japan, are in the process of installing and wirelessly connecting 217 electric meters on 150 high-energy consumption buildings as part of the base's cost savings initiative."The meters in and of themselves do not save money, but they

  • U.S., Korean air forces rumble forward in Max Thunder 11-1

    The Republic of Korea Air Force and U.S. Air Force hosted a massive, regular joint exercise here May 21 to 27 to sharpen their ability to work together in a simulated war-time environment. "Max Thunder is the only exercise we have on the peninsula that allows for both [Korean] and U.S. airmen to not

  • Critical Days of Summer: Time to think safe

    The Air Force Critical Days of Summer safety campaign officially kicked off May 28, Memorial Day weekend, and ends after Labor Day weekend, September 6. According to the Air Force Safety Center, in fiscal year 2010, 16 Airmen were killed during this time period. Thirteen of these fatalities were due