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Starting in September 1964, Osan AB was home to Det 4, 36th Air Rescue Squadron of the Military Air Transport Service (MATS). The unit flew the HH-43B Huskies. Two HH-43Bs were assigned to Osan AB (aircraft 60-251 and 60-252) as of September 1964 under the Air Rescue Service (ARS) based in the Pacific Air Force (PACAF) region. Det 4, 36 ARS ...
McDonnell Douglas F-15C-27-MC Eagle (80-0010) from the 65th Aggressor Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada receives fuel from a Boeing KC-135R-BN Stratotanker (58-0123) assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron 67th Fighter-Bomber Squadron North American F-86F-25-NH Sabre 52-5506, Osan-ni Airfield (K-55), South Korea, 1953 F-51D-20-NT ...
The 19th then remained a paper squadron until 15 January 1972, when it transferred to Osan AB, South Korea. [ 9 ] By the time the 19th TASS left Vietnam, it had earned three Presidential Unit Citations , four Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat V, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, and numerous campaign honors for its ...
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.
On 1 October 1993, the 25th Fighter Squadron was reactivated under the 51st Wing at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Syd McPherson. The 25th has since added six A-10 aircraft to its fleet, making it a dual qualified A/OA-10 squadron.
The 36th ushered in the era of the "Fighting Falcon" on 10 August 1988, when squadron commander Lieutenant Colonel Al Spitzer landed the first F-16 Fighting Falcon at Osan. The squadron's combat capabilities were transformed in 1990 when the squadron converted to the Block 40 Low Altitude Navigational and Targeting Infrared for Night ( LANTIRN ...
Activated at Nagoya AB, Japan, on 1 December 1950 as the 314th Air Division, the organization immediately assumed the missions of the air defense of Japan, logistical support for Fifth Air Force during the Korean War, and airfield construction in Japan. Units under the Division's direct jurisdiction during the Korean War were the following:
The 55th Airlift Flight (55 ALF) is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force, last stationed at Osan Air Base, South Korea.It was inactivated in 2007. The unit was first activated as the 55th Troop Carrier Squadron in 1942.