• Vehicle maintainers roll into digital age

    The U.S. military has a reputation for keeping pace with technology, using it to effectively keep the combat edge while streamlining processes for its workforce. The continual innovation in digital technologies makes it one of the most challenging arenas in which to maintain superiority.Although

  • Wolf Pack takes on Beverly Bulldog 13-1

    Airmen continue operations during the peninsula-wide operational readiness exercise, Beverly Bulldog 13-1, Nov. 6, 2012. Exercise Evaluation Teams test elements of wartime operations and how efficiently servicemembers activate and respond to enemy forces. The base's day-to-day operations are carried

  • GO TIME!

    Editors note: Exercise Exercise Exercise KABOOM!"ALARM BLUE, MOPP 4...THIS IS NOT AN EXERCISE!"Holy Shnikees, Batman! Not an exercise?! I didn't sign up for this! KABOOM!As I jolt awake, I remember that I am at Kunsan Air Base and am forward deployed 150 miles south from an unpredictable adversary

  • Juvat pilots garner Aviation Well Done Awards

    Two Airmen recently received the Aviation Safety Well Done Award for outstanding airmanship or support to aircrew that prevented or reduced the impact of a serious flight mishap.On Oct. 5, 2011, Capts. Christopher Bernardo and Richard Smeeding, 80th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air

  • US, ROK air forces send clear message during Max Thunder

    From Oct. 25 to Nov. 2, the Wolf Pack flew day and night missions side by side with the Republic of Korea Air Force during exercise Max Thunder 12-2. This bilateral training exercise ended Nov. 2 with a conclusion supported by leaders from both countries: should any enemy decide to attack, the Korea

  • South Korea media document Max Thunder 12-2

    During Max Thunder 12-2, nearly 40 media outlets came to document the Wolf Pack and Republic of Korea Air Force working together. This was the ninth Max Thunder, which gives the forces a chance to simulate combined operations against a hostile force. The first Max Thunder was held in 2008 and has

  • Wolf Pack men ‘walk a mile in her shoes’

    Male members of the 8th Fighter Wing put on high heels during the Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign on Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 31, 2012. The men who put on women's high-heeled shoes and walked up and down the length of a basketball court to demonstrate "stomping out domestic

  • Pride of the Pack: Senior Airman Mario Di Franco

    On Oct. 25, Senior Airman Mario Di Franco was named Kunsan's weekly "Pride of the Pack."What he didSenior Airman Mario Di Franco is a key member of the 8th Communications Squadron radar work center. He led a four-man team in repairing a WSR-88 weather radar high voltage arcing outage. In doing so,

  • Asking the tough questions

    At first you don't think much of it; you might actually laugh at the reactions you get. After a while, the stares start to get to you, so you hang your head low and avoid making eye contact or walking through crowds.This was a glimpse of my day with a black eye. Moulaged that morning as part of the

  • Wolf Pack welcomes 'Fighting Fuujins'

    Last month, the 8th Fighter Wing gained more than 200 Airmen from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, who will be here for about six months as the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. These members comprise a TSP, or theater security package. Many people at Kunsan have encountered a TSP Airman at one time or