Kunsan set to finish weeklong readiness exercise

By Ashley Rowland, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, July 25, 2008 Courtesy of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Kaffer, 8th Security Forces Squadron, challenges Staff Sgt. Derrick Spencer with an M-249 on Tuesday at an entry control point. The mock face-off was part of a week-long readiness exercise for all U.S. airmen in South Korea. Courtesy of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Spears, a member of the 8th Security Forces Squadron, captures an "insurgent" at Kunsan Air Base on Tuesday during a peninsula-wide exercise. SEOUL — A peninsula-wide weeklong training exercise was scheduled to end Friday for airmen in South Korea. Because most of Kunsan’s leadership arrives in the late spring and summer for one-year tours, this was the first exercise for most of the F-16 base’s new class of commanders. "Yes, it’s... [read full story]