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  • Cannon Airmen train for SOF resupply

    What seems like routine training for 27th Special Operations Wing C-130W aircrews, loadmasters and logistics Airmen here in reality prepares them to execute missions downrange. "Special operations forces that are deployed rely on this type of air drop very much," said Staff Sgt. Jerimy Pickering, an

  • MH-53s fly final combat missions

    Aircrews flew the remaining six MH-53 Pave Low helicopters on their last combat missions in support of special operations forces Sept. 27 in Southwest Asia. The last mission, a SOF logistical resupply and passenger movement throughout central and southern Iraq, marks their last combat mission before

  • Promotion obvious 'STEP' for deserving Airman

    As usual, the hard-charging Air Force Special Operations Command voice systems program manager was busy working at his desk when out of the corner of his eye, he saw a very familiar person in a very unlikely place. Tech. Sgt. Scott Hoyt was a bit confused to see his wife, Angela, but it did not take

  • Kadena Airmen aid injured mariners

    A team of Pacific Air Forces and Air Force Special Operations Command Airmen from Kadena Air Base deployed Saturday to provide medical assistance to two injured mariners aboard a Panamanian freighter 750 nautical miles north of Saipan. Pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron and members of the

  • Academy honors grads with memorial dedication

    The Academy honored two 2001 graduates with the dedication of memorial display cases Friday in the McDermott Library. Academy staff, cadets, members of the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron and Air Force Special Operations Command, and family and friends honored Capt. Derek Argel and Capt. Jeremy

  • AFSOC earns multiple AFA awards

    Air Force Special Operations Command recently took home four awards during the Air Force Association's annual Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C. Each year the AFA honors the outstanding achievements of men and women throughout the Air Force, government, academia

  • AFSOC Intel Airmen named AF-level award winners

    The Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Award Program named three Air Force Special Operations Command professionals as annual award winners. An example of total force initiative success, an AFSOC intelligence officer, civilian and reservist were among the Air Force-level

  • Airmen, bears coexist on Hurlburt Field

    Security forces members from Hurlburt Field and Eglin, along with local civilian officials, gathered at the weapons range on Hurlburt Field to learn bear aversion tactics from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, here Sept. 9. The training participants learned various techniques to

  • PAVE LOW dedicated into AF Armament Museum

    An MH-53 PAVE LOW helicopter took its final flight Sept. 5, landing outside the Air Force Armament Museum near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.The helicopter, from the 20th Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing, will remain right where it landed as part of the museum's collection,