• Q-and-A with Kunsan IG: All about the CI Plus

    Because inspectors during the April consolidated unit inspection are here to assess the overall program compliance, they can walk into any unit at any time and ask to be briefed on a program. This includes everything from operations security to records management. Maj. Brett Rurka, 8th Fighter Wing

  • Kunsan, Osan to undergo 8 inspections during upcoming CI Plus

    Throughout April, the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base and 51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base will each endure a Consolidated Unit Inspection to assess unit compliance and their capability to complete both peacetime and wartime missions. Other Pacific Air Forces bases have had consolidated unit

  • UPDATE: Airplane crash, pilot safe

    An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron at Osan, crashed near Kunsan Air Base during a routine training mission at approximately noon today. The mission was part of the 51st Fighter Wing's ongoing exercise. The pilot safely ejected from the single seat F-16 before it

  • Taking the fight North: Airmen continue to press-on during base exercise

    Airmen here continue operations as the base proceeds in its operational readiness exercise, Beverly Midnight 12-01, March 20, 2012. Inspectors test all elements of wartime contingencies and how efficiently service members are able to activate and respond to enemy forces. While the base's normal

  • Wolf Pack, Green Knights take the fight to flight

    Wolf Pack Airmen are accustomed to the roar of an F-16 Fighting Falcon, but they recently heard a different sound coming from the flight line. U.S. Marine Corps pilots from the Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121, known as the Green Knights, flew their F/A-18D Hornets to Kunsan Air Base

  • Airmen continue operations during Beverly Midnight 12-01

    Airmen on Kunsan Air Base prepared for wartime operations during an operational readiness exercise, Beverly Midnight 12-01, which kicked off the week of March 18, just weeks before the Combined Unit Inspection by the Pacific Air Forces Inspector General team in April. Base exercises help ensure the

  • A calm before the storm: Wolf Pack Airmen tackle Beverly Midnight

    The Wolf Pack kicked off another operational readiness inspection, Beverly Midnight 12-01, here, March 18, just weeks before the Combined Unit Inspection, by the Pacific Air Forces' Inspector General team, in April. "We've been here before, and the process, the people, the resources - are seamless -

  • Kunsan Top 10: Exercise preparedness

    It's the middle of the week, and you've just heard through the grapevine there's a base exercise soon approaching. Where do you start? Best to go over all your gear first - replace a few pieces of tape, wash out your gas mask (because we all know you just threw it under your bed the last exercise),

  • Wolf Pack responds to simulated aircraft accident

    Airmen here were tested by emergency management inspectors, March 14, during a simulated aircraft accident on base. The exercise kicked off at approximately 9 a.m. with loud explosions near the 8th Fighter Wing headquarters building. Airmen quickly alerted emergency responders and started assisting