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  • 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

  • AFSOC leader addresses concerns with SOG Airmen

    The senior enlisted leader for Air Force Special Operations Command spent four days meeting with members of the 353rd Special Operations Group here July 28 - 31. Chief Master Sgt. Michael Gilbert, command chief for AFSOC, held briefings and visited each squadron within the group to share the

  • Jordan assumes command of 352nd SOG

    The men and women of the 352nd Special Operations Group gathered in Hangar 814 to witness the unit's change of command ceremony officiated by the top Air Commando July 23. Col. Lewis Jordan Jr. succeeded Col. Brian Cutts during the ceremony, officiated by Lt. Gen. Donny Wurster, commander of Air

  • WWII ammunition finds new life in Global War On Terror

    A team of Air Force weapons specialist turned to ammunition first introduced into service in 1942 to provide lower cost training ammo for the AC-130 Gunship's 40mm cannon. Gunship training with the 40mm Bofors cannon normally calls for high explosive incendiary ammunition produced in the 1970s and