7th AF command chief visits Wolf Pack

Chief Master Sergeant Anthony Johnson, Seventh Air Force command chief, took an immersion tour here at the Wolf Pack Dec. 4-5. The experience was designed to give the command chief a first-hand look at the 8th Fighter Wing mission.He toured the 8th Operations Support squadron, Security Forces and

ROKAF/USAF POL train together

Without a Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants flight, it would be difficult to get aircraft off the ground. Kunsan Air Base Airmen conducted their first ever POL bilateral training with the Republic of Korea Air Force Dec. 8. This training is focused on building partnership capacity with ROKAF

JTAC Airmen train with Juvats

Juvat pilots from the 80th Fighter Squadron trained with joint terminal air controllers from the 607th Air Support Operations Group, Camp Red Cloud, Seoul, Republic of Korea, as part of Exercise Woody Cloud 16-1 Dec. 1 - 4.Exercise Woody Cloud 16-1 was the first-ever exercise that allowed pilots and

Newest defenders, ROKAF team up in combat readiness course

Ever since the 1950s, the U.S. and ROK alliance has been prevalent in sustaining the country's freedom. The 51st Security Forces Squadron defenders and the Republic of Korea air force will be among the first to protect and defend the base in the event of an attack here.The multitude of tasks,

Vigilant Ace 16: A new kind of exercise

November 1-7 marked the planning and participation of a first of its kind exercise for Seventh Air Force, Vigilant Ace 16. For a unit that already plans and/or participates in over 30 unique training events on average yearly, this was no easy task. So with that many training events already on the

Navy Growlers prepped at Osan for Vigilant Ace 16

Misawa Airmen deploy to ROK for Vigilant Ace 16

Real-world missions continue during Vigilant Ace 16

F-16s scream down the runway trailing fire, while A-10s and C-17s slip almost silently onto the airfield. Osan's night sky is filled with the lights and sounds of the myriad aircraft participating in Vigilant Ace 16.As the peninsula-wide readiness exercise kicks into high gear, the men and women of

Vigilant Ace 16 kicks off in the 'Draggins Lair'

The night is dark and cold in the "Draggins Lair," but the 25th Fighter Squadron is on the move. It's the first night of Vigilant Ace 16, a peninsula-wide readiness exercise, and while the exercise is just beginning for most of the base, the flightline is already buzzing.Aircraft maintenance crews,

U.S. Air Force, ROKAF conduct exercise Vigilant Ace 15, Nov. 1-7

Approximately 16,000 U.S. service members will participate in exercise Vigilant Ace 15 next week, from Nov. 1-7.The flying exercise is regularly scheduled training designed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Republic of Korea forces and increase the combat effectiveness of both