8th Fighter Wing training for war

8th Fighter Wing training for war

(EXCERPT) , By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition,
Sunday, October 5, 2003

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — An Air Force fighter wing based in South
Korea will hold a war exercise in which jets launch against enemy
targets and airmen cope with commando raids and chemical attacks.

The Kunsan Air Base’s 8th Fighter Wing on South Korea’s west coast
will hold the combat employment readiness exercise Monday through
Wednesday, following a script that simulates a war in Korea. It’s
geared to test the wing’s ability to go to war.

“It basically involves every squadron here on the base in some way or
another,” said Maj. James Sprouse, an 8th wing inspector general. The
wing inspector general’s office has charge of the exercise evaluation
team.

Evaluators will report strengths and shortcomings they observe,
Sprouse said. A copy will go to Pacific Air Forces headquarters at
Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The findings will be sent to unit
commanders within the wing.

Normally the wing takes part each quarter in a South Korea-wide
employment readiness exercise t...

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