8th Fighter Wing Wolf Pack’s combat readiness tested
Kunsan (Republic of Korea) based 8th Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcons conducted the Exercise Beverly Pack 25-1 from 12 till 16 January 2025.
This exercise marked the largest-scale Agile Combat Employment (ACE) generation, deployment for the 8th Fighter Wing ever since ACE was introduced within the USAF.
Also, the Wolf Pack aircraft made history during Exercise Beverly Pack 25-1 by executing their first ACE movement, deploying a dozen F-16s to a simulated forward location at Gwangju Air Base (Republic of Korea). Gwangju is home to the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) 1st Fighter Wing flying the T-50 Golden Eagle.
The simulated forward operating base at Gwangju focused on integrating the 8th Fighter Wing’s specialised capabilities into a simulated wartime environment.
Maintaining agility is essential to preserving survivability in a contested environment. ACE is all about adapting and still being able to accomplish the mission. By completing the first full-scale ACE exercise on the Korean Peninsula, the Wolf Pack not only showcased its operational readiness, but also its warfighting advantage, employing advanced tactics to ensure the resilience of US airpower in the region.
The following WP coded F-16CM Fighting Falcons were deployed to Gwangju:
88-0482 (80th FS), 88-0489 (35th FS), 88-0504 (80th FS), 89-2003 (35th FS), 89-2054 (80th FS), 89-2150 (35th FS), 90-0703 (35th FS), 90-0723 (35th FS), 90-0735 (as 35th FS Flagship), 90-0742 (80th FS) and 90-0763 (80th FS) + 1.
Credit photos: USAF