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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 ...
Ashiya AB, Itazuke AB, Japan Kimpo AB Suwon Air Base Kunsan AB, Korea: 1946–1948. Formerly 325th Signal Company, Wing. Inactive. 8th Communications Squadron: Kunsan AB, South Korea; Harmon AFB, Guam: 1948–1957, 1992–present. See 8th Fighter Wing: 9th Communications Squadron, Air Force: Hickam AFB, HI
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 .
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 Air Base, South Korea, 29 January – 29 July 1968 (Pueblo Crisis) Components of wing deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base , Saudi Arabia as the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional), December 1990 – June 1991 (Operation Desert Shield/Storm) [ 1 ]
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:
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.
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.