Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Republic of Korea Air Force
Condition
Operational
Website
www.osan.af.mil
Site history
Built
1951 (1951) (as Osan-Ni Air Base or K55)
In use
1951 – present
Garrison information
Current commander
Colonel Joshua Wood.
Garrison
51st Fighter Wing (Host)
Airfield information
Identifiers
IATA: OSN, ICAO: RKSO, WMO: 471220
Elevation
12 metres (39 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
09L/27R
2,744 metres (9,003 ft) Concrete
09R/27L
2,744 metres (9,003 ft) Concrete
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
Osan Air Base (IATA: OSN, ICAO: RKSO) (K-55; Korean: 오산공군기지; Hanja: 烏山空軍基地) is a United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) base located near Songtan Station in the city of Pyeongtaek, South Korea, 64 km (40 mi) south of Seoul. Despite its name, Osan AB is not within Osan City, which is 7.5 km (4.7 mi) to the north. The base is the home of the headquarters for Seventh Air Force, Pacific Air Forces' 51st Fighter Wing, and a number of tenant units. The base is also the headquarters of the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Operations Command. Osan Air Base is also the departure and arrival point for U.S. government-contracted "Patriot Express" flights bringing service members and their family members to South Korea from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the U.S. state of Washington, Misawa Air Base and Yokota Air Base in Japan.[3]
As the most forward deployed permanently based wing in the Air Force, and equipped with A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and F-16 Fighting Falcons (about 48 aircraft),[4] the 51st Fighter Wing is charged with executing combat operations, receiving follow-on forces and defending the base from attack. As the air component to United States Forces Korea and Combined Forces Command, 7th Air Force provides the command and control structures and personnel necessary to deliver precise, persistent, combined air and space power in defense of the Republic of Korea.
Osan Air Base is one of two major U.S. Air Force installations operated by U.S. Forces Korea, the other being Kunsan Air Base.
^Airport information for RKSO[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
^Airport information for OSN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^"Patriot Express". United States Forces Korea. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17.
^https://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/Army-Fires-New-Stryker-30mm-Cannon-Preps-for-Major-Land-War-108357646[permanent dead link]
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