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Change of command: 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB
Stars and Stripes ^ | September 18, 2009 | N/A

Posted on 09/17/2009 4:13:56 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar

SEOUL — Col. Robert Givens assumed command Tuesday of Kunsan Air Base’s 8th Fighter Wing, which includes 15 squadrons and 2,600 airmen.

Givens is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and served as commander of Kunsan’s 35th Fighter Squadron from 2003 to 2004. An F-16 command pilot, he has flown more than 100 combat sorties in operations Desert Storm, Southern Watch and Iraqi Freedom. He has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with one oak leaf cluster and valor device for his service in Iraq.

He takes over for Col. Jerry Harris, who became commander in November 2008. Harris is going to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, where he will be deputy director of operations, plans, requirements and programs for Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: korea; kunsan; wolfpack

1 posted on 09/17/2009 4:13:56 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

WOOhOO.......my old Wing


2 posted on 09/17/2009 4:18:46 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle

35 TFS.......First to Fight!


3 posted on 09/17/2009 6:15:04 AM PDT by aviator (Armored Pest Control)
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To: aviator

I was familar with ..16th SOS,25th TFS,433rd TFS, 435th TFS,
497th TFS,555th TFS,


4 posted on 09/17/2009 6:33:07 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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