Osan Air Base News

Airmen from the 51st Fighter Wing receive briefings from Osan's Reception Processing Unit during the 51st Fighter Wing July Operational Readiness Exercise.

It doesn't matter if it's the sanctuary at Stockton's Second Baptist Church or a prefabricated metal building at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan's Parwan province.

I thought I was the only one. But after mentioning opening a car door and thrusting a foot onto the ground as a way of solidifying one's claim to having been in a certain state during a road trip, I heard from readers who had done just that.

The U.S. Eighth Army headquarters, the commanding unit of all U.S. Army forces stationed here, has reversed its relocation plans and will stay put in Seoul, the JoongAng Ilbo has learned.

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform during Air Power Day at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct.

Air Force Week in Photos for Oct. 23 highlights photos from around the Air Force.

On Oct. 19, 1940, the Hawaiian Air Force was established. It activated Nov. 1, 1940, at Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii, and assigned to the Hawaiian Department, U. S. Army to control the growing number of air units arriving in Hawaii that year.

A U.S. Army Soldier makes visual contact with A-10 Thunderbolt II's during close-air-support missions down range during RED FLAG-Alaska 10-1 Oct.

Airmen from the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron brought more than 700 bulbs to give away Oct.

Tech Sgt. Charles E. Mohs has been promoted to the senior non-commissioned officer rank of master sergeant.

The A-10C Initial Operational Test & Evaluation Team from Nellis AFB was recently awarded the Air Force Association's 2008 Howard Leaf Award, recognizing them as the best Test and Evaluation team in the Air Force.

Then the door on the right opened and a voice beckoned him that way because the "people are waiting." The scene described here is from a movie about Abe Lincoln, the lawyer from Illinois, before his political career transformed him into our nation's 16th president.

Over the skies of the Barry M. Goldwater Range, one Luke F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot recently reached a milestone that few pilots can claim.

Soldiers, wearing historical military uniforms, are seen in the reflection of the POW/MIA memorial during the POW/MIA remembrance ceremony in front of the Osan Air Base theater Sept.

The flightline at Osan AB is closed for repairs until Oct. 3. The repairs will help keep up Osan's pace of 85,000 flight operations a year Tech.

Katrina Young listens as Vietnamese translators share home medical remedies Sept.

Col. Mark Mattison was a little worried 15 months ago about how he was going to get airmen to come join him at Osan Air Base, South Korea, and bring along their families.

William Strauss rings a bell in remembrance of those who died, and whose lives were forever changed because of the Sept.

John Muckey, a resource efficiency manager for the 718th Civil Engineer Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, takes a reading from one of the electric meters on base.

Soldiers from the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, receive a safety briefing from Staff Sgt.