Kunsan Air Base

Kunsan Air Base
Gunsan, North Jeolla Province in South Korea
F-16C Fighting Falcons of the 8th Fighter Wing flying over Kunsan Air Base.
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Coordinates	35°54′13″N 126°36′57″E / 35.90361°N 126.61583°E / 35.90361; 126.61583 (Kunsan AB)
Type	US/ROK Air Force base
Site information
Operator	US Air Force Republic of Korea Air Force
Controlled by	Pacific Air Forces (USAF) Air Combat Command (ROKAF)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.kunsan.af.mil
Site history
Built	1938 (1938)
In use	1938 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Christopher B. Hammond
Garrison	8th Fighter Wing (USAF) 38th Fighter Wing (ROKAF))
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: KUV, ICAO: RKJK, WMO: 471410
Elevation	9 metres (30 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 18/36 2,743 metres (8,999 ft)
Airfield shared with Gunsan Airport Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Kunsan K-8 Air Base (Korean: 군산공군기지) is a United States Air Force base located at Gunsan Airport, on the west coast of the Korean peninsula bordered by the Yellow Sea. It is located in the town of Gunsan (also romanized as Kunsan), about 180 kilometres (110 mi) south of Seoul.

Kunsan Air Base is the home of the 8th Fighter Wing, "The Wolf Pack," assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Seventh Air Force and the 38th Fighter Group of the Republic of Korea Air Force. About 45 F-16 aircraft are stationed at the base.^[3] It is one of two major Air Force installations operated by the United States Forces Korea, the other being Osan Air Base.