SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. Air Force in South Korea has conducted air operations drills with a heightened tempo in a bid to strengthen its combat readiness, its website showed Monday. The 51st Fighter Wing said aircraft from two Super Squadrons at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, about 60 kilometers south of [...]
CHANGWON, South Korea, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanwha Aerospace Co. is seeking to join a U.S. Department of Defense initiative to establish a network of military repair hubs in the Indo-Pacific, a move that could significantly enhance the combat readiness of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and strengthen South Korea’s strategic role in allied security [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The 7th Air Force will temporarily assign 31 additional F-16 fighter jets to Osan Air Base starting October as part of its “Super Squadron” formation test aimed at enhancing combat effectiveness, the U.S. Air Force unit stationed in South Korea said Friday. Under the yearlong plan, the 7th Air [...]
KUNSAN AIR BASE, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — F-16 fighters roared over a key U.S. air base in the southwestern city of Gunsan while ground maintenance staff checked JADAM penetrator bombs and others added to its evolving arsenal new technologies like “dronebusters.” The routine yet indispensable daily operations on Thursday underscored their priority on readiness [...]
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Environmental Tectonics Corporation (OTC Pink: ETCC) (“ETC”) announces the final acceptance by the U.S. Air Force of a suite of four Research Altitude Chambers delivered to the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH, USA. Valued at over $38 million, the suite of research [...]
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 25, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–BAE Systems has begun to upgrade 134 South Korean F-16 aircraft in partnership with the U.S. Air Force. Two of the F-16s recently arrived at the company’s modification facility at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, where they will be equipped with advanced weapons and next-generation avionics, including [...]