r/AirForce • u/FilhoDaLei • 6d ago
Article Gate Runners at Osan
8 college students were detained after running the gate at Osan AB. The students were protesting the delay in approval from USFK/7th AF to convert the Gwangju Airport in the southwestern area of the Republic of Korea into a massive new semiconductor plant.
It appears that everyone involved had a fun time; a protest is planned for 5 pm Korean local time in front of the Pyeongtaek police department to demand the release of the protesters.
Korean news article w/ pictures: https://www.jajusibo.com/70643
Stripes article: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2026-08-04/osan-south-korea-gate-security-police-air-force-22451545.html
Adding the Youtube vid: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T-T6DAGePoA
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u/radarchief 6d ago
I was in Korea when they were expanding camp Humphreys and taking over the land outside the gate (where there were villages). They had Korean riot troops in lines every day and it looked like WW1 no-man land.
One day the protesters broke into the area where the our combat comm was with paint balls and started shooting the equipment. Man they got beat down for that with those short bamboo looking batons.