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  • Individual deeds set foundation for AFSOC awards

    Air Force Special Operations Command honors its 10 annual award winners May 8. Each winner has special achievements for 2007, which are the foundation for their award. The following chronicles their individual achievements. IMA officer "Surprise, you won." That's Lt. Col. Jeff Hinrich's take on his

  • 'AFSOC 10' to report for awards

    Ten individuals from across Air Force Special Operations Command will be honored in a banquet ceremony May 8 in the Emerald Coast Conference Center. These Airmen - all of whom have served in uniform - are the command's annual award winners in their separate categories. This group of two officers,

  • Thais, Americans join forces for Operation Teak Torch training

    The language of friendship forged through any communication barriers as Royal Thai air forces and the United States Air Force joined together for exchange training here. About 130 members from the 353rd Special Operations Group, whose home station is Kadena Air Base, Japan, traveled to Udon Thani

  • Pacific Air Commandos reach out to Bangladesh school

    Adults and children alike were all smiles during a special delivery of school supplies at Eglal's ABC School here. Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group handed out school supplies to all 60 students as part of their community outreach program during Exercise Teak Buffalo, a joint combined

  • Hurlburt teens get green for going green

    The Hurlburt Field Recycling Center is giving green to teens who go green.The center, after earning record recycling profits, has established two $1,000 scholarships for area high school seniors interested in environmental issues.Under the Hurlburt Recycles for Education scholarship program, the

  • Historian recounts Son Tay raid nearly four decades later

    Some 37 years ago a joint raider team of Army Special Forces Soldiers and Air Force pilots and crewmembers approached the hamlet of Son Tay in North Vietnam at 2:30 a.m. Nov. 21, 1970. Flying over the hills at treetop level, the helicopters and their escorts could see the yellow lights of Hanoi

  • Last Son Tay mission helicopter retires after 38 years of service

    A mission to rescue approximately 50 American prisoners of war from the Son Tay prison camp in North Vietnam in 1970 became a watershed event for Air Force special operations. After 38 years of service, the lead command and control helicopter for this historic the mission is retiring. MH-53 Pave Low