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Osan Air Base (IATA: OSN, ICAO: RKSO) (K-55; Korean: 오산공군기지; Hanja: 烏山空軍基地) is a United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) base located near Songtan Station in the city of Pyeongtaek, South Korea, 64 km (40 mi) south of Seoul.
18th Medical Group, Kadena Air Base; 8th Medical Group, Kunsan Air Base; 15th Medical Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam; 35th Medical Group, Misawa Air Base; 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base; 374th Medical Group, Yokota Air Base; AFMS South 97th Medical Group, Altus Air Force Base; 2nd Medical Group, Barksdale Air Force Base
Lockheed U-2R, 68-10332, Article 054 of the 9th SRW crashed into the Sea of Japan off the Korean coast this date while on flight out of Osan Air Base, South Korea, pilot Capt. Marty McGregor killed. This was the first of five U-2 losses (and four pilots) suffered by the newly formed Air Combat Command in its first five years.
Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine thanks service members after a USO Show at Osan Air Base, South Korea. (Sgt. James K. McCann/Department of Defense)
At Osan Air Base, PACAF activated the 51st Air Base Wing to assume host-unit responsibilities at Osan AB on 1 November 1971. Two weeks later, on 13 November, the 3rd TFW's 36th Tactical Fighter Squadron moved to Osan AB. [30] [32] Total withdrawal of U.S. forces from Southeast Asia by 1976 resulted in another important change for Osan AB.
303rd Intelligence Squadron (303 IS) is an intelligence unit of the United States Air Force located at Osan AB, South Korea.Also known as "Skivvy Nine," the squadron is a tenant unit of the 51st Fighter Wing, although it is operationally a component of the 480th Intelligence Wing. [3]
January 10: USAF C-47D 44-76663 crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from Osan Air Base, South Korea, killing one of eight on board.; January 10: An Air National Guard C-47 crashed at South Park Township, Pennsylvania during a night-time training flight due to possible engine failure, killing the five crew.
The 731st Air Mobility Squadron (731 AMS) is an air mobility squadron of the United States Air Force based at Osan Air Base in South Korea. It is part of the 515th Air Mobility Operations Group, based at Yokota Air Base, Japan and the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, based at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.