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It is stationed at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, and is a part of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). The group is a direct successor organization of the 8th Pursuit Group, one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II.
Kunsan K-8 Air Base (Korean: 군산공군기지) is a United States Air Force base located at Gunsan Airport, on the west coast of the Korean peninsula bordered by the Yellow Sea. It is located in the town of Gunsan (also romanized as Kunsan), about 180 kilometres (110 mi) south of Seoul .
The United States Air Force 8th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea and is assigned to Seventh Air Force. Seventh Air Force falls under Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). The Wing's 8th Operations Group is the successor of the 8th Pursuit Group , one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World ...
The 35th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 8th Operations Group, stationed at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.The squadron operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions.
The 80th Fighter Squadron (traditionally nicknamed the "Headhunters", and since 1971 also the "Juvats") is a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter squadron of the United States Air Force, currently part of the 8th Operations Group of the 8th Fighter Wing, and stationed at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea.
Kunsan AB 15 March 1971 – 16 September 1974 Host unit at Kunsan Air Base. 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing; 4th Fighter-Bomber Wing 4th Fighter-Day Wing Kimpo AB, 23 August 1951 – 1 October 1954 Chitose AB, Japan, c. 25 November 1954 – 8 December 1957 Kunsan AB, January–July 1968 (TDY) Provided air defense for Japan, 1953–1957.
After having its fighter squadrons stripped away, the 354 TFW was reassigned on 1 July 1968 to Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. The 354th relieved the temporarily deployed 4th Tactical Fighter Wing. At Kunsan, the 354 TFW was a composite wing, consisting of the following operational fighter squadrons on rotating temporary duty deployments:
F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters of the American and South Korean air forces demonstrate an "elephant walk" formation as they taxi down a runway at Kunsan Air Base during an exercise in 2012. An "Elephant Walk" of eleven C-130 Hercules at Nellis Air Force Base , 2009