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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 .
Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Robertson, Patsy (6 February 2015). "Factsheet 8 Operations Group (PACAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016; Stanaway, John. Attack and Conquer: The 8th Fighter Group in World War II. Schiffer Publishing, 1995.
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 ...
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.
In June 1970, as the 54th Tactical Fighter Wing, was activated and replaced the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Bae, South Korea, assuming control of personnel and attached McDonnell F-4C Phantom II squadrons. Was inactivated on 31 October 1970 when the deployed F-4 squadrons returned to the United States and the base was placed in a ...
Yokota Air Base, Japan, 13 May 1964 (deployed to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 24 September – 20 November 1964; Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand 4 May – 25 June 1965, 19 October – 15 November 1965; Osan Air Base, South Korea, 10 June – 16 July 1968, 22 August – 1 October 1968, 23 November – 26 December 1968 ...
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.
Yokota Air Base, Japan, 18 November 1960 – 8 January 1964; England Air Base, Louisiana, 8 January 1964 – November 1965; Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, 8 November 1965; Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, 15 March 1971; Clark Air Base, Philippines, 16 September 1974 – 19 December 1991; Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, 19 December 1991–present