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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.
Suwon Air Base (K-13), South Korea, 23 August 1951; Fukuoka Air Base, Japan, 20 October 1954 – 10 July 1964; Deployed at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, 14–22 October 1955. George Air Force Base, California, 10 July 1964 – c. 6 December 1965; Ubon Air Base, Thailand, 8 December 1965 – 16 September 1974; Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, 16 ...
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.
United States Army, Japan (USARJ) is a Major Command of the United States Army. It operates port facilities and a series of logistics installations throughout Honshū and Okinawa . USARJ participates actively with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in bilateral training exercises and the development of bilateral plans.
The squadron was re-equipped with F-4 Phantom II fighters in December 1967 and stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, with regular deployments to Kunsan Air Base beginning in March 1971. The 36th moved to Kunsan in May 1971, establishing a forward operating location at Osan Air Base .
Gunsan Airport (IATA: KUV, ICAO: RKJK) is an airport serving Gunsan, a city in the North Jeolla Province in South Korea.In 2019, 306,518 passengers used the airport. [2] It shares its runway with Kunsan Air Base, which uses the same IATA and ICAO codes.