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  • ROK and US exercise alliance command and control during UFG '09

    "Let's keep our knots up a little while longer." Good advice anytime but especially appropriate as delivered by Col John Marselus, 607th Air and Space Operations Center (AOC) Commander, at the final end-of-day leadership meeting for Exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) which concluded a six-week

  • Ulchi Freedom Guardian Preps for ROKAF transfer

    With summer comes bright sunny days, rain, humidity and the annual exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian which, upon completion, will be the 33rd consecutive successful exercise conducted with Republic of Korea - U.S. Forces. Formerly Ulchi Focus Lens, UFG is a command post exercise that will provide

  • Exercise tests ACOMS support

    Real time communication is an everyday occurrence, whether it be chatting online, sending e-mail or using social networking websites. Whereas a few hours down time at Facebook may be an inconvenience, uninterrupted real time communications is the standard in the Korean AOR--the air component depends

  • Gen. North assumes command of Pacific Air Forces

    The command of Pacific Air Forces, celebrating 65 years of providing American airpower in the Pacific this month, was passed today from Gen. Howie Chandler to Gen. Gary North during a ceremony here on Freedom Tower Mall. General North assumed command after completing three and a half years of

  • KUNSAN AB TO RECEIVE U.S. AIR FORCE F-15Es FROM MOUNTAIN HOME AFB

    The U.S. Air Force is deploying 12 F-15Es from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, to Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, in mid-Aug for approximately five months as part of a scheduled rotational deployment. The deploying F-15Es will replace the combat capability provided by the departing F-16s

  • SENTINEL FOCUS DAY 1 OFF TO A GREAT START

    Members of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing evaluated their mission capabilities on Day 1 of SENTINEL FOCUS 09 (SF-09). SF-09 is a week-long event where observation teams look at Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) enterprise-wide operational missions to

  • The president of South Korea Lee Myung-bak visited Osan AB

    The president of South Korea Lee Myung-bak receives a briefing from U-2 pilot at Osan Air Base on June 6. During the visit, he received a tour of the base and briefings from Air Force and Republic of Korea service members. This is the first time that President Lee has visited Osan Air Force Base.

  • New options available for accompanied Korea tours

    Air Force members headed to certain locations in Korea now can request an accompanied tour and serve with their families for two or three years. Current base facilities, such as housing, schools and support activities, will limit the number of Airmen authorized to serve the accompanied,

  • Screening program prompts fast swine flu identification

    The Defense Department's worldwide influenza monitoring program and decisive action by the medical staff at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, are being credited with helping to identify two cases of swine flu early to help prevent a potential spread. Two 16-year-old boys, both military family members