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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 .
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.
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Kunsan Air Base. Gunsan was a small fishing village on the banks of the Geum River, near where the river spills into the Yellow Sea. It sits on the fertile western Honam plain where much rice is harvested. Gunsan became a port in the late 19th century largely due to pressure from the Japanese on the Koreans to ship rice to Japan.
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 ...
Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, 1 March 1960; Operated from: Étain-Rouvres Air Base, France, 4 November 1961 – 9 August 1962 Operated from: Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, 2 July 1968 – 14 June 1970 Re-designated: Rickenbacker Air Force Base, 18 May 1974 Re-designated: Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, 1 April 1980–Present
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.
MacDill Air Force Base: 7th Security Forces Squadron: Dyess Air Force Base: 8th Security Forces Squadron: Kunsan Air Base: 9th Security Forces Squadron: Beale Air Force Base: 10th Security Forces Squadron: US Air Force Academy: 11th Security Forces Group: Joint Base Andrews: 12th Security Forces Squadron: Randolph Air Force Base: 14th Security ...