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  • F-22 exchange pilot helps strengthen U.S., Australian ties

    A Royal Australian Air Force pilot assigned to the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron has had the opportunity to fly the U.S. Air Force's premier fighter, the F-22 Raptor, as part of a foreign pilot exchange program. Squadron Leader Matthew Harper is an F-22 instructor pilot and the 90th EFS

  • Airmen provide key data link during Cope Tiger

    U.S. Air Force ground communications Airmen recently provided tactical data links for Thai, Singapore and U.S. Air Forces participating in Cope Tiger 2009. It was the most expansive use of deployed tactical data links during a multinational exercise. Data links allow fighter pilots to reliably share

  • Airmen bring joy to Misato children

    A team of Airmen, led by one of the base's own, has worked tirelessly to bring joy to children from the Misato Children's Home for the past ten years. Chiemi Karimata, 18th Force Support Squadron executive assistant, has been gathering volunteers to help the children throughout her employment at the

  • Osan Airmen participate in local Arbor Day

    Nearly 200 Koreans and Americans rolled up their sleeves together Thursday, put on gloves, grabbed shovels and dug their way into re-populating the mountainside of Jisan-dong, Songtan, with the traditional planting of plum trees. The trees were planted in commemoration of the annual Arbor Day

  • F-16 gets arrested

    An F-16 Fighting Falcon tested its emergency arresting system March 25 here. The test is used annually to ensure the arresting system, which is used to assist a fighter aircraft stop in an emergency situation, functions properly. The system stops aircraft that may have problems with hydraulics,

  • Helicopter pilots give air refueling training to JASDF

    A team of HH-60G Pave Hawk pilots here provided a three-day intensive course on air refueling to Japanese Self Defense Forces helicopter rescue pilots.The training, given by pilots from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, was the first hands-on helicopter air refueling training the JASDF have ever received.