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  • YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan March 6, 2007 -- Members of the 8th Fighter Wing make their way from a C-130 to awaiting buses to inprocess at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The members, portraying non-combatants evacuating Korea, were part of the Wolf Pack?s NEO inspection March 6.

    Wolf Pack heads for Yokota as Kunsan takes on NEO, ORI evacuation exercise

      It's official: The 2007 Operational Readiness Inspection for the 8th Fighter Wing has begun.   On March 6, the Wolf Pack accepted, processed and evacuated Department of Defense civilians and 8th Fighter Wing members to Yokota AB, Japan, as part of the non-combatant evacuation operation, or NEO.   Compared to NEO operations in the past, this

  • Wolf Pack Airmen punished in separate courts martial

      Two Wolf Pack Airmen received judicial punishment here after their individual courts martials came to a close last week.   Capt. David Still, 35th Fighter Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Aaron Wilson, 35th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, received their punishments from military judge Lt. Col. Eric Dillow. Capt. Still plead guilty to violating a lawful

  • Kunsan launches new public Web site

    Kunsan has a new public Web site geared towards providing the global audience with news, photos, art and other information about the Wolf Pack. It's not just Kunsan making the change. Every base is transitioning to the Air Force Public Information Management System, used to manage all base public Web sites. According to web program migration
  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea Feb. 28, 2007 -- Col. Jack Forsythe (center), 49th Operations Group commander from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., talks with a fellow F-117 pilot prior to a weather briefing Feb. 28. Col. Forsythe visited the Wolf Pack for about a week, getting familiarized with the beddown of the F-117 stealth fighter as well as seeing the living conditions the Holloman Airmen were in.

    Holloman OG commander sees deployed F-117 operations

      The Wolf Pack welcomed a special member of the 49th Fighter Wing who traveled to the Republic of Korea this week to get a first-hand look at the success of the stealth fighter's deployment.   Holloman's operations group commander Col. Jack Forsythe arrived Saturday just in time to see one of the biggest differences between Holloman and Kunsan
  • Staff Sgt. Gregory Auzenne, from the 8th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, waits in line to evacuate to an alternate facility after a simulated chemical attack during exercise ?Beverly Midnight? at Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea, on Wednesday, February 21, 2006. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Barry Loo)

    Midnight evacuation

  • Members of the 8th Civil Engineering Squadron Airfield Damage Repair (ADR) team, install temporary runway lighting during an Operational Readiness Exercise, Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea. ADR teams do everything from crater repair to airfield lighting making it possible to get aircraft back in the air quickly. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt Jack Braden)

    Airfield Readiness

  • Members of the 8th Fighter wing emergency response evaluation team prepare for a major accident response exercise Feb. 9 on Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. The exercise was designed to provide a realistic training scenario for emergency teams and simulated a major vehicle accident with multiple victims. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

    Wolf Pack Warriors

  • Airman 1st Class Bernard Byer (left) radios in his chemical reconnaisance team's report as Senior Airman Melvin Lucas changes a zone transition point sign during the first peninsula-wide combat employment readiness exercise, or PENCERE of the year. 'ZTP' signs inform other Airmen what sectors they are enter and whether that sector is contaminated with biological or chemical agents. Both Airmen are assigned to the 8th Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA Stephen Collier)

    Wolf Pack charges through week-long PENORE

    The Wolf Pack excelled through yet another week-long exercise, testing Airmen here on their ability to survive and operate as well as carry out their wartime mission. Known as a peninsula operational readiness exercise, or PENORE, the 8th Fighter Wing teamed up with its neighbor to the north, Osan AB, to refine Seventh Air Force's mission of being
  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea Jan. 19, 2007 -- First Lt. Brian Moore, 35th Fighter Squadron ?Panton? F-16 pilot, gives a local Korean student an up-close look at the flight controls of his fighter. More than 50 of the English students visited the base Jan. 19 to get a look at some of the Wolf Pack?s missions, sharper their English-speaking skills and learn how to use American currency.

    Wolf Pack opens gate to local English students

    The Wolf Pack accepted a different kind of Follow-on Forces Jan. 19. Not more than four-and-a-half feet tall, they made their way to base operations, met with pilots and got a chance to see the base exchange. But, they weren't from any U.S. base. Kunsan opened its gates more than 40 local Korean elementary and middle school students to not only get
  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea Jan. 11, 2007 -- Airman 1st Class Tara Trudell, 8th Security Forces Squadron armorer, has volunteered more than 42 hours towards painting murals in Dorm 1303. Residents of the dorm were the latest recipients of the 8th Fighter Wing's "Dorm of the Month" for best dorm on base, earning the 8th SFS $1,000 in quality of life funding. Airmen recently overhauled the aging dormitory as part of a major self-help overhaul.

    Airmen take point in effort to improve dorms

    Some of the dorms here are old and decrepit. Some of the Airmen here are doing something about it. Initiative is contagious; anyone can look at the Airmen of the 8th Security Forces Squadron to see that. In August, approximately 20 Airmen, along with their dorm manager, Staff Sgt. Mike Whitman, decided they were going to remodel their dorm -
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  • YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan March 6, 2007 -- Members of the 8th Fighter Wing make their way from a C-130 to awaiting buses to inprocess at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The members, portraying non-combatants evacuating Korea, were part of the Wolf Pack?s NEO inspection March 6.

    Wolf Pack heads for Yokota as Kunsan takes on NEO, ORI evacuation exercise

      It's official: The 2007 Operational Readiness Inspection for the 8th Fighter Wing has begun.   On March 6, the Wolf Pack accepted, processed and evacuated Department of Defense civilians and 8th Fighter Wing members to Yokota AB, Japan, as part of the non-combatant evacuation operation, or NEO.   Compared to NEO operations in the past, this

  • Wolf Pack Airmen punished in separate courts martial

      Two Wolf Pack Airmen received judicial punishment here after their individual courts martials came to a close last week.   Capt. David Still, 35th Fighter Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Aaron Wilson, 35th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, received their punishments from military judge Lt. Col. Eric Dillow. Capt. Still plead guilty to violating a lawful

  • Kunsan launches new public Web site

    Kunsan has a new public Web site geared towards providing the global audience with news, photos, art and other information about the Wolf Pack. It's not just Kunsan making the change. Every base is transitioning to the Air Force Public Information Management System, used to manage all base public Web sites. According to web program migration
  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea Feb. 28, 2007 -- Col. Jack Forsythe (center), 49th Operations Group commander from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., talks with a fellow F-117 pilot prior to a weather briefing Feb. 28. Col. Forsythe visited the Wolf Pack for about a week, getting familiarized with the beddown of the F-117 stealth fighter as well as seeing the living conditions the Holloman Airmen were in.

    Holloman OG commander sees deployed F-117 operations

      The Wolf Pack welcomed a special member of the 49th Fighter Wing who traveled to the Republic of Korea this week to get a first-hand look at the success of the stealth fighter's deployment.   Holloman's operations group commander Col. Jack Forsythe arrived Saturday just in time to see one of the biggest differences between Holloman and Kunsan
  • Staff Sgt. Gregory Auzenne, from the 8th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, waits in line to evacuate to an alternate facility after a simulated chemical attack during exercise ?Beverly Midnight? at Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea, on Wednesday, February 21, 2006. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Barry Loo)

    Midnight evacuation

  • Members of the 8th Civil Engineering Squadron Airfield Damage Repair (ADR) team, install temporary runway lighting during an Operational Readiness Exercise, Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea. ADR teams do everything from crater repair to airfield lighting making it possible to get aircraft back in the air quickly. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt Jack Braden)

    Airfield Readiness

  • Members of the 8th Fighter wing emergency response evaluation team prepare for a major accident response exercise Feb. 9 on Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. The exercise was designed to provide a realistic training scenario for emergency teams and simulated a major vehicle accident with multiple victims. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

    Wolf Pack Warriors

  • Airman 1st Class Bernard Byer (left) radios in his chemical reconnaisance team's report as Senior Airman Melvin Lucas changes a zone transition point sign during the first peninsula-wide combat employment readiness exercise, or PENCERE of the year. 'ZTP' signs inform other Airmen what sectors they are enter and whether that sector is contaminated with biological or chemical agents. Both Airmen are assigned to the 8th Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA Stephen Collier)

    Wolf Pack charges through week-long PENORE

    The Wolf Pack excelled through yet another week-long exercise, testing Airmen here on their ability to survive and operate as well as carry out their wartime mission. Known as a peninsula operational readiness exercise, or PENORE, the 8th Fighter Wing teamed up with its neighbor to the north, Osan AB, to refine Seventh Air Force's mission of being
  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea Jan. 19, 2007 -- First Lt. Brian Moore, 35th Fighter Squadron ?Panton? F-16 pilot, gives a local Korean student an up-close look at the flight controls of his fighter. More than 50 of the English students visited the base Jan. 19 to get a look at some of the Wolf Pack?s missions, sharper their English-speaking skills and learn how to use American currency.

    Wolf Pack opens gate to local English students

    The Wolf Pack accepted a different kind of Follow-on Forces Jan. 19. Not more than four-and-a-half feet tall, they made their way to base operations, met with pilots and got a chance to see the base exchange. But, they weren't from any U.S. base. Kunsan opened its gates more than 40 local Korean elementary and middle school students to not only get
  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea Jan. 11, 2007 -- Airman 1st Class Tara Trudell, 8th Security Forces Squadron armorer, has volunteered more than 42 hours towards painting murals in Dorm 1303. Residents of the dorm were the latest recipients of the 8th Fighter Wing's "Dorm of the Month" for best dorm on base, earning the 8th SFS $1,000 in quality of life funding. Airmen recently overhauled the aging dormitory as part of a major self-help overhaul.

    Airmen take point in effort to improve dorms

    Some of the dorms here are old and decrepit. Some of the Airmen here are doing something about it. Initiative is contagious; anyone can look at the Airmen of the 8th Security Forces Squadron to see that. In August, approximately 20 Airmen, along with their dorm manager, Staff Sgt. Mike Whitman, decided they were going to remodel their dorm -
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