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The 607th Combat Weather Squadron (607 CWS) of the U.S. Air Force has overall responsibility for planning, providing, and/or arranging weather support for the United States Army during armistice conditions in Korea. 607 CWS and elements of the US Navy and US Marines support the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Weather Wing, Combined Meteorological and Oceanographic (METOC) Officer (CMO) and ...
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 .
68th Fighter Squadron, All Weather (1 March – 1 December 1950) (F-82E/G) No. 77 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (2 July – 10 October 1950; 25 June – 22 August 1951) (F-51D) 339th Fighter Squadron, All Weather (26 June – 5 July 1950) (F-82E/G) Other units attached to the 8th in Korea were:
Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, 26 April–10 May 1970, 7–21 June 1970, 30 August–12 September 1970, 4–18 October 1970, 1–15 November 1970, 13–19 December 1970, 1–15 February 1971) Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, 1 July 1971 – 1 July 1990; Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, 11 March 1992 – present [1]
With control of the air obtained, General MacArthur's invasion of Inchon on 15 September 1950 suddenly reversed the fortunes of the UN forces in Korea. In the south, the Eighth U.S. Army, made up of U.S., ROK, and British forces, counterattacked the next day and United Nations forces in the Pusan Perimeter began to push north rapidly. [14]
The 2d Weather Squadron was reconstituted on 10 August 1951 at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, and assigned to the 2101st Air Weather Group (MAJCOM) on 5 September 1951. It was assigned to the 1st Weather Group in April 1952 and moved to Westover Air Force Base, Mass., in June 1955 and inactivated there on 8 October 1956.
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 ...
McCoy Air Force Base, Florida, 21 October – c. 29 November 1962 (Cuban Missile Crisis) 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 ]