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  • Secretary Wynne: Airmen in Korea have unique experience

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne, in his first visit since March 2006, spent the day here Oct. 6 as part of his 2007 tour throughout the Pacific theater. He arrived just in time to enjoy Air Power Day, Osan's annual aerial and ground demonstration, featuring performances by several

  • Kunsan receives CCIP aircraft

    The 8th Fighter Wing received its initial group of Block 40 F-16 Fighting Falcons here this week under the Common Configuration Implementation Program (CCIP). The aircraft arrival marked the first group of upgraded F-16s flown to Korea. The aircraft were flown to Kunsan Air Base from Eielson Air

  • Financial Management Transformation

    A town hall meeting to discuss the biggest change to financial management in 60 years will be held Oct. 9 at the Keystone Theater here. Lt. Col. Steve Kennedy, 18th Comptroller Squadron commander, will host the meeting to inform community members about the upcoming changes that include centralizing

  • Special Agent proves Airmen are ‘in the fight’

    A Special Agent assigned to the Office of Special Investigations detachment here recently received the Bronze Star with Valor for his heroism in Iraq. Special Agent Greg Carmack saved his own life and those of several others near Kikuk, Iraq on June 14th, 2006, when he went one-on-one with a suicide

  • 'Setting the Conditions for Victory' video premieres online

    The secretary of the Air Force video "Setting the Conditions for Victory" made its online debut Oct. 3. The 8-minute video, a follow-up to last year's "How We Fight" presentation, outlines the Air Force role in the war on terrorism and how the service succeeds in its domains of air, space and

  • Historical deployment comes to conclusion

    This week marks the end of a historical reunion of "Wolf Pack" units as the 555th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron redeploys back to their home, after completing a successful four month rotation here. The 555th FS, one of two fighter squadrons of the 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, has

  • Tankers fuel tip of spear

    Andersen is used to seeing aerial tanker units come and go, but this time a deployed contingent of aerial refueling specialists from Ohio are here to stay for about two months instead of the usual couple of weeks. "We want to fully integrate with the 36th Wing and be a part of team Andersen," said

  • Icemen measure response to chemical, disease disasters

    On Sept. 26 the 354th Medical Group, assisted by many other agencies on base, conducted a tabletop exercise with the scenario focusing on disease outbreak. This was followed by a practical exercise involving a chemical accident with real-time responses evaluated. The Air Force Surgeon General's