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51st Fighter Wing
The 51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base, South Korea, has a rich heritage that spans more than 65 years. The wing provides combat ready forces for close-air support, air strike control, counter air, interdiction, theater airlift, and communications in the defense of South Korea.
The wing executes military operations to beddown, maintain and employ follow-on forces for the combined arms base that includes three major flying tenants and large multiservice fighting units.
The wing has had a continuing presence on Korean Peninsula since 1971. From the Korean War, the wing took on the forward air controller and close-air support mission in the 1970s. The first A-10s arrived in 1982, and the first F-16s arrived in 1988. The wing added theater airlift mission in 1992 with addition of C-12 aircraft.
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