• Kunsan completes another successful exercise

    Wolf Pack members continued operations as they brought Veterans Day weekend to a close Nov. 13, kicking off an operational readiness exercise early Sunday evening. The week-long peninsula wide exercise is the fifth for 2011, which tests 8th Fighter Wing Airmen and Soldiers' ability to activate

  • Wolf Pack learns importance of resiliency

    Winter Wingman Day 2011 was a strategic pause across the Air Force which again focused on the importance of resiliency here Nov. 10.The stand down lasted throughout the day beginning with a wing warrior run with the goal to improve individual resilience by way of structured discussion of coping

  • Pacific Air Forces releases report on F-16 mishap at Kunsan AB

    Headquarters Pacific Air Forces today released the results of its investigation into a July 29, 2011, ground collision of two F-16CM aircraft at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander, directed an investigation into the incident. The accident investigation

  • Kunsan Airmen learn reasons for rules: Articles 15

    Non-judicial Punishment under Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice, provides commanders with an essential and prompt means of maintaining good order and discipline. It also promotes positive behavioral changes among service members without the stigma of a court-martial conviction. An Article

  • 8th MXG Airmen practice ATSO readiness

    More than 1,000 Airmen from the 8th Maintenance Group participated in an ability to survive and operate rodeo here Nov. 10.Airmen were evaluated in four man teams during 12 events, including transitioning from MOPP 0 to MOPP 4, self-aid buddy care, signs and counter signs, contaminated vehicles and

  • New maintenance complex opens at Kunsan

    Members of the Wolf Pack attended a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of a new maintenance complex here Nov. 9.A ribbon cutting ceremony is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the final day of construction for a building or other projects. The ceremony signifies

  • Wolf Pack congratulates new Chief promotion selectees

    Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Remington, Seventh Air Force, Air Forces Korea commander, visited the Wolf Pack Nov. 3 to congratulate four new senior master sergeants that were selected to the grade of chief master sergeant. They made up four of the 487 senior master sergeants selected for promotion. The Air

  • AFAF video contest could bring you fame

    An awareness campaign, headed up by the Air Force Assistance Fund, takes aim with social media facilitating serious, funny and informational videos.The AFAF's YouTube page will feature the videos with the best content, cinematography, creativity and the most number of views. Winning videos will be

  • Local ROK students dubbed honorary pilots at Kunsan

    More than 20 sixth grade students from 20 different middle schools in the local area received a chance to participate in the first-ever 8th Fighter Wing Honorary Pilot Program here Nov. 4.The program gave students a taste of what an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot's life is like here at Kunsan. They were

  • Veterans Day remembered past, present, future

    On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the first of the World Wars, known then as the "Great War."During the war, the U.S. Army Air Service dropped 138 tons of bombs and was credited with shooting down 765 enemy