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    Suwon Air Base (IATA: SWU, ICAO: RKSW) is a Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) base near Suwon city. The base is home to the ROKAF's 10th Fighter Wing...
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    important, as in late 1951, the US Air Force's top fighter pilot Gabby Gabreski was placed in charge of Suwon Air Base. A memorial to French forces was...
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    Captain Lee Chul-su defected with another Shenyang F-6C, number 529, to Suwon Air Base, South Korea. He reportedly left behind his wife and two children. Lee...
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  • referred to as the K13 Sonata in F, K. 13, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Suwon Air Base, established during the Korean War K-13, a fictional ski run in the...
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    ADAR, at Camp Carroll (MIM-104 Patriot) 6th Battalion, 52nd ADAR, at Suwon Air Base (MIM-104 Patriot, AN/TWQ-1 Avenger) Battery D, 2nd ADAR, at Camp Carroll...
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    25th Fighter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, where it remained until 1 February 1981. On that date, the 25th was relocated without personnel or equipment to Suwon Air Base, Republic...
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    and China) over which the most intense air-to-air combat took place. On 17 June 1951, at 01:30, Suwon Air Base was bombed by two Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes...
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    The 319th remained until 9 February 1952 when it was reassigned to Suwon Air Base, South Korea flying F-94 Starfires. The next ADC unit was the 81st Fighter-Interceptor...
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    Tornado ADV. 82-0062 (Northrop serial number GG.1001) – crashed at Suwon Air Base, South Korea on 10 October 1984. Pilot killed. 82-0063 (Northrop serial...
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  • Darrell Cornell (category United States Air Force officers)
    was killed on October 10, 1984, at Suwon Air Base, while performing a demonstration flight for the South Korean Air Force (ROKAF). The F-20, 82-0062, c/n...
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    When airfields became available in South Korea, the unit moved to Suwon Air Base to conduct ground support operations. In addition, the 35th Fighter...
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  • Korea Air Force Seosan Air Base Sokcho RKND SHO Republic of Korea Army Sokcho Air Base Suwon RKSW SWU Republic of Korea Air Force Suwon Air Base Yecheon...
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    Fighter-Bomber Wing (35th, 36th, and 80th Fighter-Bomber Squadrons), based at Suwon Air Base, was the longest-serving F-80 unit in Korea. It began missions...
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    Buzz Aldrin (category Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal)
    part of the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing. At the time it was based at Suwon Air Base, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Seoul, and was engaged in combat...
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    was abandoned several days later. On 17 June 1951, at 01:30 hours, Suwon Air Base was bombed by two Po-2s. Each biplane dropped a pair of fragmentation...
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  • government changed the status of three US air bases in South Korea. Kwang Ju Air Base, Suwon Air Base and Taegu Air Base had previously been announced as ending...
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    (福岡空港, Fukuoka Kūkō) (IATA: FUK, ICAO: RJFF) — formerly known as Itazuke Air Base — is an international airport located 1.6 NM (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) east of Hakata...
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  • May 23, 1996 Lee flew his Shenyang J-6 aircraft over the border to Suwon Air Base, South Korea. He reportedly left behind a wife and two children. Lee...
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    capturing the beach at Incheon, they were tasked with capturing the Suwon Air Base 22 miles inland. Over the next few days they studied maps, reports,...
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    leaving combat elements behind. In May 1951, the 51st FIW moved to Suwon Air Base, southwest of Seoul, but retained maintenance and supply elements at...
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    began to re-equip the 68th FAWS at Itazuke Air Base, while rotating pilots and radar operators to Suwon Air Base in South Korea where they flew combat missions...
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    Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, at Camp Carroll (MIM-104 Patriot) 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, at Suwon Air Base (MIM-104...
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    Academy 51-2910 – USAF 51st Fighter Wing area, Osan Air Base, South Korea[citation needed] Suwon Air Base 51-8502 – War Memorial of Korea F-86F Boramae Park...
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  • reconnaissance version of Shenyang J-6 numbered 3283 from Shenyang airport to Suwon Air Base, South Korea, abandoning a training exercise. Chen reached Taiwan on...
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    South Korean 131st TRS (Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron), 39 TRG, at Suwon Air Base, along with another 11 sent later. ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures...
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    Fighter-Interceptor Wing from Colonel Gabby Gabreski in June 1952. Stationed at Suwon Air Base in South Korea, he flew 110 missions in the North American F-86 Sabre...
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    Children's Day flight exhibition (Suwon Air Base, South Korea) – Captain Kim Do-hyun of the Republic of Korea Air Force's Black Eagles display team was...
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  • civilians out of the country "by any means." Civilians were being gathered at Suwon Airfield and Kimpo Airfield near Seoul, before moving to Incheon and out...
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    36th Fighter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    US Air Force's 51st Operations Group at Osan Air Base, South Korea. It operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority...
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  • Thunderbolt II at Suwon Air Base, South Korea; in 1985 he was selected to attend the Instructor Pilot Course at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas then spent...
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