KFT 24: Mission Ready Airmen

Lt. Col. Matthew Bittner, 35th Fighter Squadron director of operations, completes final checks before taking off during Korea Flying Training 2024 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 18, 2024. KFT 24 is a large-scale employment training, designed to improve U.S. and ROK interoperability and ultimately enhance U.S. and ROK commitments to maintaining peace in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jovan Banks)

KFT 24: Mission Ready Airmen

Senior Airman Ruben Lopez, 8th Operations Support Squadron air traffic control trainer, radios to ground personnel during Korea Flying Training 2024 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 18, 2024. KFT 24 advances the ability to accept follow-on forces creating an advantage for U.S. and ROK forces participating in the training. Interoperability with dissimilar aircraft enables our aircrew members to be battle-ready to address a potential threat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Earick)

KFT 24: Mission Ready Airmen

Airmen 1st Class Darius Wade, right, 8th Security Forces Squadron alarms apprentice, and Senior Airman John Molina, 8th SFS patrolman, prepare a drone for takeoff during Korea Flying Training 2024 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 18, 2024. KFT 24 integrates U.S. and ROK forces to train to defend against surface-to-air and air-to-air threats, ensuring mutual understanding and trust between the two nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jovan Banks)

KFT 24: Mission Ready Airmen

Maintainers from the 80th Fighter Generation Squadron conduct maintenance procedures on a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon during Korea Flying Training 2024 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 18, 2024. KFT 24 will further strengthen the U.S.-ROK alliance by building and maintaining lethality in the air domain to deter, defend, and defeat any adversary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jovan Banks)

KFT 24: Mission Ready Airmen

Staff Sgt. Rylee Barton, left, 8th Maintenance Squadron conventional maintenance crew chief, and Airman Basic Tyler Gatlin, 8th MXS conventional maintenance technician, conduct inventory of current munitions during Korea Flying Training 2024 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 18, 2024. Airmen proved to be flexible and always ready to support the large-scale employment training to work together and build cohesion within the influx of forces added to Kunsan AB. (U.S. Air Force photos Samuel Earick)

KFT 24: Mission Ready Airmen

Senior Airman Ian Pickett, 8th Maintenance Squadron conventional maintenance crew chief, spray paints a label on a box of ammunition during Korea Flying Training 2024 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 18, 2024. During KFT 24 Airmen of the 8th FW remained mission-ready to provide U.S. and ROK pilots the ability to train and maintain a robust combined defense posture that protects the Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Earick)

KFT 24: Mission Ready Airmen

Staff Sgt. Brien Dye, left, 8th Operations Support Squadron air traffic control watch supervisor, informs Tech. Sgt. Ryan Sanders, 8th OSS air traffic control watch supervisor, on possible airspace obstacles during Korea Flying Training 2024 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 18, 2024. KFT 24 brought a surplus of airframes, and hundreds of members from around the Pacific area of responsibility to Kunsan AB to participate in the flying exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Earick)

KFT 24: Mission Ready Airmen

Published April 22, 2024
By Staff Sgt. Samuel Eairck
8th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea --

During Korea Flying Training 2024, Airmen throughout the 8th Fighter Wing from various specialties supported the exercise by using their unique expertise and abilities.

As part of KFT 24, fighter squadrons shared training tactics and procedures enhancing U.S. and ROK interoperability and ultimately reaffirming the shared commitment to maintaining peace in the region. Members of the Wolf Pack proved to be flexible and always ready in supporting the large-scale employment training to work together and build cohesion within the forces.