US Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea, conducted multiple operational readiness exercises at the base on the Yellow Sea during Beverly Pack 16-2, which ran from 2-6 February 2016. Airmen sharpened their ability to survive and operate with various simulated contingency scenarios during the exercise, including an “elephant walk” of twenty F-16s, that was designed to test the wing’s ability to launch aircraft at a moment's notice. Other scenarios during the exercise involved building evacuation operations, ground, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive attacks, unexploded ordinance detection, and self-aid and buddy care techniques.
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