The 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, will conduct an operational readiness exercise Monday to Friday.

During the round-the-clock exercise, several services throughout the base will be affected, including some hospital services, military personnel element, finance, vehicle operations, the self-help store, legal office, civil engineering, passenger travel, the fitness center and the dining facility.

Some services will maintain normal business hours, including Urgent Care and some other medical, surgical and obstetrics units, according to a news release.

For details, tune to channel 20.

A-10 inspections reveal numerous cracked wingsTwo weeks have passed since dozens of military jets were grounded at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, and engineers still haven’t figured out how to get them airborne, the Arizona Daily Star reported Friday.

Servicewide, some 130 A-10 attack jets have been sidelined since Oct. 3, when the Air Force announced inspections and repairs to fix possible cracks in the wings.

Since then, 34 Davis-Monthan jets have been inspected, and "all 34 were found to have cracks in the wings," base spokeswoman 1st Lt. Mary Pekas told the Daily Star.

George Jozens, a spokesman at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, which houses the Air Force’s main A-10 repair depot, told the paper that engineers "are working very hard" to find a fix.

The cracks, thought to be the result of years of service for the fleet, could cause wings to fall off an aircraft during the rigors of flight, experts say.

Introduced in 1975, the jets have surpassed their normal life span and have been refurbished to keep them in service, the Daily Star noted. Production ceased in the mid-1980s.

New wings will be installed on A-10s with thin-skin wings. All the recently grounded A-10s have thin-skin wings installed during original manufacture, the paper reported.

The Air Force has said it is giving priority to fixing A-10s supporting military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A workhorse aircraft that provides close air support to U.S. ground troops, about 400 are in use worldwide, the Daily Star reported.

Dining halls contend in Army-wide competitionPYEONGTAEK, South Korea — Two Army dining halls in South Korea are in the running for an Army-wide food services award.

The dining facilities at Camp Walker in Daegu and Camp Stanley in Dongducheon are competing against other Army dining halls for a Phillip A. Connelly Award.

It’s given each year for excellence in food service.

The Walker facility is run by the 19th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Headquarters and Headquarters Company and is nominated in the small garrison category.

The 19th Sustainment Command’s 188th Military Police Company operates the Stanley facility, which is nominated in the field kitchen category.

Winners are to be announced in mid-December.

Osan lodge announces off-season detailsOSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Osan’s Turumi Lodge will accept space-available reservations 60 days in advance for stays up to seven nights during the lodge’s Nov. 1-Jan. 31 off-season.

Normal space-available reservations — 30 days in advance for three nights — will resumeFeb. 1.

Call DSN 784-1844 for reservations. From off-base, call (031) 661-1844. Reservations can also be made by e-mail at Turumi.lodge@osan.af.mil.

Musical performance to honor CFC anniversaryThe National Opera of Korea will perform Thursday at Collier Field House at Yongsan Garrison to mark the 30th anniversary of the Combined Forces Command.

The evening also will include a magic show by the Republic of Korea Navy Entertainment Team, and performances by saxophone soloist Seo Jung-geun, and the Max Crew B-Boy team.

The show will be from 7 to 9 p.m. The event is open to all Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea members and their families.

Chapel to serve up free spaghetti dinnerOSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Osan’s chapel is hosting a free spaghetti dinner for single and unaccompanied airmen from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at the chapel annex, Building 775.

Call DSN 784-5000 for more information.