An official website of the United States government
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

News

  • 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,

  • Hurlburt celebrates lives of couple killed in accident

    The flag flew at half staff Sept. 8, as members of Team Hurlburt mourned the loss of two members of the Air Force family at a memorial ceremony at Commando Hangar. More than 1,000 Airmen and civilians gather to remember Tech. Sgt. Daniel , 1st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and

  • Sparks fly with new torch

    As shards of hot, burning metal rained onto the floor, spectators, wearing alien-like protective glasses, stared intently at the light show. Thankfully, this was not some close encounter of the third kind, but rather a display by the 27th Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron and its

  • Special Operations School now offers CCAF credits

    The U.S. Air Force Special Operations School recently met the Air University's Board of Visitors requirements allowing enlisted students to automatically receive credits toward their Community College of the Air Force degree for courses taken after April 15, 2008. In less than a week, Dr. Stephen

  • Airman fulfills "lifelong career dream," returns to special tactics

    This October, an officer with the 27th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron will return to the special tactics arena as a battle-tested special tactics officer. After serving as an enlisted combat controller, 1st Lt. Gabriel Brown, 27th SOLRS fuels flight commander, completed his

  • 353rd SOG Airmen train Guard counterparts

    Members of the 353rd Operations Support Squadron Communications and Information Flight spent two weeks sharing their knowledge and experience with about 70 people from the Alabama National Guard deployed here Aug. 11-22. The Airmen from the 280th Combat Communications Squadron, a traditional Air