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  • Pacific Angel optometry team provides vision in Vietnam

    Air Force optometrists are making vision a bit clearer for Vietnamese residents here during Operation Pacific Angel 2009 Sept. 15-24.The operation is a joint and combined humanitarian and civic assistance program aimed at improving military civic cooperation between the United States and Vietnam. 

  • Wounded Warriors meet a champion

    Fifty Army and Marine Corps wounded warriors got the opportunity to spend the day here where they were honored for their military service. The highlight of the day for many included meeting B.J. Penn, Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion, who stopped by to meet and spend time with

  • Team Osan dedicates POW/MIA memorial

    This year, to commemorate the POW/MIA National Recognition Day, Team Osan dedicated a new memorial during the closing ceremony in front of the base theater Sept. 18. The POW/MIA committee wanted to make this year's remembrance ceremony special, and while looking at locations to hold the ceremony,

  • Air Mobility Command Warriors receive "excellent" rating

    Recently Air Mobility Command units here had the opportunity to display how well they perform their mission to support the joint war fighter in the Pacific. The 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing and its subordinate units seized the opportunity by earning an overall "excellent" rating from the

  • Thunderbirds to enlist Guam graduates at Andersen's air show

    What better way to enlist in the United States Air Force than at the Andersen Air Show? Air Show visitors can watch as 30 of their sons, daughters and friends are sworn in to the Air Force by Lt. Col. Greg Thomas, U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Commander Sept. 30. The ceremony is part of the

  • Saving smiles in Vietnam

    If anyone knows the importance of a smile, it's a dentist. And dentists like Maj. (Dr.) Diep Le, who is taking part in the humanitarian assistance mission Operation Pacific Angel 2009 here, are doing every thing possible to save the smiles of local Vietnamese people during their 10-day mission. Dr.

  • Runway Reconstruction Underway

    We see it in the skies over Osan Air Base everyday - the myriad of fighter aircraft on the Korean peninsula, the Army's Apache helicopters, the mobility, reconnaissance and commercial aircraft supporting our mission or making a stop en route to its final destination. All told, Osan's runway sees

  • Bringing it back to basic

    Though Air Force fitness standards have become more stringent, members of the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance flight here aren't intimidated. They believe their dynamic fitness program, which is old-school in some ways and enterprising in others, is preparing them for success