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  • Volunteers honored at reception

    Team Osan celebrated Volunteer Recognition Week with a kick-off volunteer reception at the Officers' Club today. Each base agency recognized their volunteers with displays and each registered Team Osan volunteer received a gift. However, the volunteers are the ones who gave the biggest gift to the community: themselves. "Volunteering is giving of
  • SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Maj. Matthew Faubion and Tech. Sgt. Randall Wallace show their boxes of Girl Scout cookies. The Brownies and Junior Girl Scouts at Osan Air Base sent 636 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to servicemembers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. (Courtesy photo)

    Osan Girl Scouts send cookies to deployed troops

    Brownies and Junior Girl Scouts here sent 636 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan thanks to donations from Team Osan. While donations covered the majority of the cost for the cookies, the girls donated their own money to make up the difference. Each troop had a contact point downrange that was a willing recipient
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    AFN and AAFES help clarify decoder issue

    American Forces Network viewers who have an AFN decoder and satellite dish must make minor adjustments to their satellite decoders by April 25 to avoid losing AFN service. Customers are encouraged to log onto http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil for instructions on making adjustments. A customer service line has been established at the Defense Media

  • Airman's Creed exemplifies warfighting ethos

    The Air Force chief of staff introduced the new "Airman's Creed" April 18 to provide Airmen a tangible statement of beliefs that they can hold most dear. The Airman's Creed reflects pride in the role of air, space and cyberspace power and the Air Force's commitment in supporting and defending the nation. The creed is fueled by the Air Force's

  • PACAF leads the way for Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program

    Pacific Air Force's implementation of the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program is off to a good start. Since the program was ordered to resume under the direction of the deputy secretary of defense in October, PACAF has immunized more than 94 percent of its Airmen who have been designated for mandatory vaccinations. The program is well underway,
  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea April 13, 2007 -- The last Airman assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron boards a DC-10 bound for Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. here. The 9th EFS, one of two F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter squadrons, finishes its four-month air expeditionary force deployment with the flight. F-117 pilots and maintainers, who generally operate and maintain the stealth fighter in a desert, arid climate, learned how to overcome obstacles when operating the aircraft in Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Darnell Cannady)

    Holloman Airmen redeploy

  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea March 15, 2007 -- Army Sgt. Maj. Barry Wheeler, United States Forces Korea command sergeant major (center), speaks with 8th Fighter Wing members about the necessity of properly-trained non-commissioned officers in todays military. The visit included senior enlisted advisors from both the US and Republic of Korea army and air force to see non-commissioned leadership first hand. The enlisted leaders also received a briefing and tour of both the F-16 Fighting Falcon (pictured here) and the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, currently deployed from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. as part of that base's air expeditionary force requirement. (Air Force photo/Senior Airman Barry Loo)

    Highlighting the need for NCOs

  • The end of an era: Kunsan's 'Wolf Pack Warrior' set to expire

    Kunsan is keeping in line with Air Force Smart Operations-21 and Air Force leadership's vision by retiring the base's award-winning Wolf Pack Warrior newspaper April 27. To help improve the quality and timeliness of getting news to Wolf Pack members and base readers alike, Kunsan is transitioning to Web-based news soon after. The new system mirrors
  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea March 27, 2007 -- Amn. Leah Cash, 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron, remains vigilant as she keeps a keen eye out for enemy ?coyotes? at her post on top of the wing headquarters building March 27. Coyotes is the term given to mock enemy forces during an exercise here. The Wolf Pack, as the 8th Fighter Wing is known as, participated in a week-long Operational Readiness Exercise in preparation for April?s Operational Readiness Inspection. (Air Force photo/Senior Airman Darnell Cannady)

    Wolf Pack evaluates self for last time before ORI

    As part of the last opportunity to practice its wartime mission prior to April's Operational Readiness Inspection, the Wolf Pack completed its third exercise entitled 'Foal Eagle 07-03' March 22 through 31. Known as an operational readiness exercise, or ORE, the 8th Fighter Wing, together with its neighbor to the north, the 51st FW at Osan AB,
  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea April 9, 2007 -- An F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter sits ready for take off April 9 here. The F-117s began redeploying last week, with the final aircraft leaving April 9 for Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The low-observable aircraft, assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, have been deployed to Kunsan since early January. Maintainers and support personnel are expected to redeploy in the coming week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephen Collier)

    Stealths head for home

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