Air Force creates a second ‘super squadron’ in South Korea
Story by Nicholas Slayton • 17h
The U.S. Air Force is relocating nearly three dozen F-16 fighter jets in South Korea in order to beef up its air power closer to the north.
At the end of July, F-16s based out of Kunsan Air Base began moving to Osan Air Base, several dozen miles north, closer to the demilitarized zone with North Korea. 31 F-16s based out of Kunsan Air Base will shift to Osan Air Base, creating a new “super squadron” at the base. It’s the second phase of the Air Force’s tests of the super squadron concept, as the force works to “consolidate air power and increase combat capability on the Korean Peninsula,” per releases.
The Air Force began exploring the idea of a super squadron last summer. The test formation, which boosts a squadron by a third of its fighter component, started with the 36th Fighter Squadron, which added nine F-16s to bring its total number of jets to 31. It also moved 150 airmen to help bolster the squadron. At the time Lt. Gen. David. R. Iverson, head of the Seventh Air Force and U.S. Forces Korea deputy commander, described the experiment as “an opportunity for us to see if squadrons of this size increase our training effectiveness while also increasing our combat capability if deterrence fails.”
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