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  • 537th Airlift Squadron flies again after 40 years

    It's been more than 40 years since someone with the 537th Airlift Squadron has taken flight. That hiatus came to an end earlier this week, but first the 537th AS was activated last Friday for the first time since the squadron was deactivated in the early 1970s at Phu Cat Air Base, South Vietnam. At

  • Successful fund-raising celebrated at Osan

    Airmen at Osan Air Base, Korea, participated in a 5K "fun-run" and "foreign object damage" walk around the flightline here May 6.The run and FOD walk were sponsored by Air Force Assistant Fund coordinators. The event was held to celebrate the conclusion of an exceptionally successful fund raiser

  • Bombs away: Airmen work together to build, load munitions

    Airmen with the 51st Munitions Squadron and the 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Osan Air Base, Korea, recently worked together at building and loading some munitions onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II here. 51st MUNS built a dozen Mark-82, 500-pound, free-fall, general-purpose bombs in order to hone and

  • Officer's concern for others reaches the very marrow of her bones

    Almost any blood donation center stays pretty busy during a blood drive; plenty of people are willing to give forty-five minutes and a pint of blood in exchange for a couple of cookies, some juice and a feeling of having helped a stranger.But how many are willing to give up two weeks and have a

  • USFK commander coins Kunsan's stars

    The commander of the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea, visited Kunsan Air Base, Korea, May 4 to present 10 of Kunsan's Pacific Air Forces operational readiness inspection outstanding performers with his personal coin and words of gratitude and appreciation for a job

  • Misawa gears up for summer with safety in mind

    From the cold of winter that kept servicemembers cooped up in their homes, to the warmth of summer that urges people to come outside, safety should always be foremost. The 2011 Critical Days of Summer campaign begins May 27th and ends September 6th. The campaign was previously known as the "101

  • USFK commander recognizes ORI outstanding performers

    The United States Forces Korea commander visited Osan Air Base May 4 to recognize 14 outstanding performers and congratulate the base on its excellent rating during the 2011 Operational Readiness Inspection.Gen. Walter L. Sharp spoke accolades of the base and its mission, and took time to coin the

  • Korean police chief discusses security with Airmen

    The chief of Gunsan City's branch of the Korean National Police addressed Airmen from the 8th Security Forces Squadron following a lunch May 3 at the Loring Club at Kunsan Air Base, Korea.Chief Na Yu-In and other KNP members dined with base defenders before Chief Na spoke to them and showed them a

  • Hickam colonel represents AF at RSC-Capital

    When Col. Bob Wicks left the beaches of Hawaii for a year in the mountains of Afghanistan, he knew he would be the only Air Force O-6 in a group of six otherwise Army commanders in Regional Support Command-Capital. He didn't know exactly what challenges this deployment would entail, but he knew his

  • ATCs: Kunsan's eyes, ears on the flightline

    Kunsan Air Base's air traffic controllers ensure flightline operations run smoothly and without a hitch. These highly alert Airmen are charged with ensuring flightline safety and accurate communications are upheld.They monitor traffic flow via their radar. This flow is broadly divided into