• 8th CES conducts rescue exercise

    The 8th Civil Engineer Squadron recently performed a fire rescue mission in collaboration with the 38th Force Protection Squadron, Republic of Korea Air Force, as part of exercise Beverly Sentinel 24-2.

  • USMC, 8 CES conduct joint fire training at Kunsan

    The 8th Civil Engineer Squadron welcomed Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 firefighters from Camp Foster to train on structural burns at Kunsan AB, Mar. 9, 2023.Based out of Okinawa, Japan, the MWSS 172 primarily focuses their firefighting techniques on aircraft and airport response procedures, while

  • Repairing lines, powering up the Wolf Pack

    Sin Sang Il, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems technician, stands in a bucket truck after repairing a power line at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec. 17, 2021. Electrical systems technicians, also known as electricians, climb utility poles and operate special purpose vehicles and

  • CGOs suit up, learn fire safety with Fire Dawgs

    8th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters carry a water hose during live-fire training at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sep. 23, 2021. In honor of Fire Prevention Week, the firefighters hosted a day for 8th Fighter Wing company-grade officers to learn more about the firefighters’ day-to-day

  • 8th FW employs collaboration, innovation for jettisoned recovery

    Tasked with fixing everything from water pumps to runways, the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron is consistently thinking outside the box, and leveraging everyday resources for atypical solutions.Perhaps even more-so during emergency situations.When two fuel tanks were jettisoned off an F-16C Fighting

  • Wolf Pack Airmen volunteer to clean up base

    Lt. Col. Steven Vick, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, speaks to 8th Fighter Wing Airmen before Habitat for Packmantity at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 28, 2021. Habitat for Packmanity is a base-wide initiative for volunteers to clean and repair certain areas on the installation to

  • 8th CES RADR work rocks the earth

    Airmen assigned to the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fill a crater with water and concrete during a Rapid Airfield Damage Repair training at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 28, 2021. The crater fill was one of many stages involved in Rapid Airfield Damage Repair (RADR); a process that allows

  • EOD maintains mission readiness

    The 8th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight conducted routine vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detection training at Kunsan Air Base, May 27-28.This training simulates scenarios seen in contingency locations where a vehicle rigged with explosives is driven to entry

  • Geo Base maps Kunsan

    The 8th Civil Engineer Squadron execution support flight performed a site survey at an ammo facility at Kunsan Air Base, May 8.These site surveys are used to update maps for the base. They are achieved through reconnaissance of the site location, construction and mapping surveys by utilizing manual