7th Air Force Relocating F-16’s from Kunsan AB to Osan AB to Form 2nd “Super Squadron”

This relocation of aircraft off of Kunsan AB makes sense if the goal is to free up space there to station F-35’s as has been recently speculated:

The U.S. 7th Air Force is forming a second “Super Squadron” of 31 F-16 Fighting Falcons at Osan Air Base, its largest installation in South Korea and the one closest to the North Korean border. The shift will draw down resources at Kunsan Air Base, about 115 miles southwest of Seoul, and lead to the inactivation of two fighter squadrons there.

The Air Force began evaluating the concept of a super squadron — which includes one-third more aircraft than standard units — last summer to determine whether it could generate more sorties with fewer resources, 7th Air Force spokeswoman Maj. Rachel Buitrago said by phone Thursday. In July, nine aircraft and 150 airmen from Kunsan arrived at Osan to establish the first 31-jet squadron. This month, additional F-16s and roughly 1,000 more airmen will relocate from Kunsan to Osan to form the second squadron, Buitrago said.

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