Aug. 4, 2020 Hardened aircraft shelters constructed at Kunsan Col. Christopher “Wolf” Hammond, 8th Fighter Wing commander, along with leadership from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of the Far East District (USACE of the FED), and Republic of Korean Air Force representatives conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the completion of construction of new
May 27, 2020 Team Hickam supports NASA’s Human Space Flight program Team Hickam provides ready forces to support a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and that reaches well beyond air, land, and sea.
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.
Oct. 20, 2019 Wolf 46 returns as PACAF commander Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, visited Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 18, for an in-depth look at the 8th Fighter Wing mission and to provide Wolf Pack Airmen insight into the future of PACAF.
Oct. 7, 2019 Army, Air Force, Arctic Anvil 2019 Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 815th Airlift Squadron, aka ‘Flying Jennies,’ with the 327th AS, provided airlift and airdrop support for the U.S. Army’s Joint Forces Exercise Arctic Anvil, Oct. 1 to 6, 2019.
Sept. 30, 2019 Band of the Pacific hits all the right notes with tour The United States of America and the Republic of Korea established a historical friendship following the Korean War in 1953. One of the U.S. Air Force’s overseas regional bands visited the Republic of Korea to help reinforce that alliance.
Sept. 12, 2019 US, Republic of Korea Air Force medical experts conduct Subject Matter Expert Exchange The United States Air Force and Republic of Korea Air Force conducted the first-ever Aeromedical Evacuation Subject Matter Expert Exchange at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Aug. 28.
Sept. 9, 2019 Air Force, Army medevacs 30 patients Chaos ensues on the flightline as 30 battered and bruised patients ail from injuries suffered during simulated wartime contingencies. Responsible for rapidly responding and stabilizing the situation, a special crew of U.S. Air Force and Army medical professionals rush to the scene with one
Oct. 25, 2018 Arctic Anvil executes multi-domain operations on a large-scale During the last RED FLAG-Alaska exercise of the year, forces banded together for Arctic Anvil, a military training exercise which took place Oct. 9-21 at the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely.Arctic Anvil is a joint, multi-national, force-on-force training exercise that included live, virtual