Nov. 3, 2021 2021 Friendship Day: US, ROK unite through comradery, competition The U.S. Air Force’s 8th Fighter Wing and the Republic of Korea Air Force’s 38th Fighter Group participated in the fifth annual Friendship Day at Kunsan Air Base, R.O.K., Oct. 29, 2021.
Oct. 22, 2021 909th ARS fuels F-16 Fighting Falcons during CSART The 909th ARS provided aerial refueling in support of a combat search and rescue training event hosted by the 8th Fighter Wing. The focus of this combat search and rescue training event aimed to maximize integration while taking advantage of the unique opportunity to practice personnel recovery
Oct. 18, 2021 Osan F-16's and A-10's training F-16's and A-10's take-off at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, October 14, 2021. F-16’s and A-10 Thunderbolt II’s practiced simulations during combat search and rescue training.
March 14, 2021 Wolf Pack celebrates Women’s History Month: fighter pilot edition Each March we celebrate Women’s History Month. This is the second story in a series of women serving here at the Wolf Pack.Once upon a time, women weren't allowed to serve on the battlefield.They aided the war efforts in clerical roles or even as seamstresses or laundresses.“To be honest, I often
Jan. 15, 2021 Misawa operates through record breaking snowfall, demonstrates joint, allied force readiness Joint and allied personnel at Misawa Air Base executed mission-essential training and defense operations directly supporting the Indo-Pacific Command mission while simultaneously receiving a record breaking 72.4 inches of snowfall during the month of December in 2020.The previous snowfall record
July 7, 2020 Three airframes, one mission: Misawa Pacific Weasel Members of the 13th and 14th Fighter Squadrons, the 610th Air Control Flight, U.S. Navy Electronic Attack Squadron 209 and Patrol Squadron One, executed Exercise PACIFIC WEASEL at Misawa Air Base, Japan, over Draughon Range, June 19, 2020.The objective of this exercise was to integrate U.S. Navy and
June 23, 2020 Misawa Air Base demonstrates combat readiness in first joint, bilateral Elephant Walk Members of the 35th Fighter Wing completed a readiness exercise, designed to validate the wing’s ability to rapidly generate combat airpower. The exercise culminated in a joint and bilateral “Elephant Walk” formation composed of 31 aircraft, demonstrating the large-scale combat airpower local to
May 1, 2020 Annual Aircraft Arresting System certification With an area of responsibility as vast as the Pacific and an ongoing global pandemic, it takes a team effort to ensure the U.S. Military has the airfields it needs to properly work alongside its partner nations to fulfill its mission of maintaining regional stability.It is for that reason the
April 8, 2020 35th Aircraft Maintenance Unit wins load crew competition The 35th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and the 80th AMU squared off against one another in this year’s first 8th Maintenance Group Weapons Load Crew of the Quarter Competition at Kunsan Air Base, April 3.
Oct. 22, 2019 Aircraft maintenance unit blows away competition at 2019 Penn Fest The 8th Maintenance Group hosted the 2019 Penn Fest, Oct. 19, and brought together five aircraft maintenance units, and their respective aircraft, from across the Republic of Korea.This year, Penn Fest gave several AMUs the chance to see who had the best air force load crew in the ROK.