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Facts about Kunsan AB

“Kunsan Air Base: How It Was (1938-Present).”

“The history of the base as told by the people who were there.”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Caretaker Period (1954-1971)
  • 1966 — Off-base conditions; Train guard duty
  • 1967 — “Field Days” illustrating conditions prior to Pueblo Incident
  • 1968 — Pueblo Incident: 4th TFW arrives; Tent City; Off-base pipeline; 47th ARRS (Pedro); ROKAF Helicopter Support; Flightline; Facilities and Housing; C-pad and Christmas Tree Area; On-base POL operations; Road to Kunsan; Off-base bars
  • 1969 — Construction of Arches started
    • 557th CES (HR) Red Horse (Apr 68 – Nov 69)
  • 1970 — Kunsan-Seoul air route; Building of America-town (A-town)
    
  • 38th Tactical Fighter Group/111th TFS (1958-Present)
    
    • Early ROKAF – Original ROKAF Aircraft – Training Problems
    • ROKAF at Kunsan in 1960s – F-86F Specifications
    • ROKAF at Kunsan in 1970s & 1980s – Transition to F-4D/E – F-5A/B & F-5E Tiger II
    • ROKAF into the new Millenium – 38th Fighter Group – Differences in Defense/Offensive Strategies
    • Changes – North Korea – Nuclear Weapons – Changes in “Little Brother” Attitude – New Programs

    
    

     
  
• Pueblo Crisis (Jan 1968 – Jul 1968)
  • 475th Tactical Fighter Wing (Jan 68 – Feb 68: Pueblo Crisis)
  • 4th Tactical Fighter Wing (Jan 68 – Jul 68) — Buildup at Kunsan and Kwangju
  • 354th Tactical Fighter Wing (Jul 68 – Jun 70) — F-100 ANG units and Interim Deployed Units
  • 54th Tactical Fighter Wing (Jul 70 – Oct 70)
  
• Nuclear Alert
  • 39th Air Division (Jun 64 – Mar 71)
    • 27th TFW Squadrons (Deployed to Misawa) (Jun 1964 – Jun 1965) (523 TFS/524th TFS: Cannon AFB, New Mexico)
    • 3rd TFW Squadrons (Deployed to Misawa) (Aug 1965 – Jun 1966) (90 TFS/416th TFS: England AFB, Florida)
    • 401st TFW Squadrons (Deployed to Misawa) (May 1966 – Sep 1966) (612th TFS/614th TFS/615th TFS)
    • 6441st TFW (Sep 66-Dec 67???)/347th TFW (Dec 67-Jan 68)
  • Detachment 1, 475th Tactical Fighter Wing (Jan 68 – Mar 71) (Misawa AB, Japan)
  • 347th Tactical Fighter Wing (Feb 71-Mar 71) (Yokota AB, Japan)