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  • Air Commandos Earn Air Force Awards

    Four Air Commandos were recognized as best of the best for 2006 when they were presented Air Force-level awards Nov. 1 at the Crate Advanced Skills Training Center here. The award recipients were: Capt. Stewart Parker, 21st Special Tactics Squadron; Master Sgt. Anthony Baldwin, 720th Operations

  • AFSOC Command Chief visits 353rd SOG

    The Air Force Special Operations Command command chief master sergeant visited the 353rd Special Operations Group here Oct. 12-20. Chief Master Sgt. Michael Gilbert toured each squadron within the group, learning more about its role in the Pacific, while answering questions about the future of AFSOC

  • Hurlburt youth program earns national recognition

    The Hurlburt Youth Center is one of 10 organizations worldwide to win honorable mention in the 2007 Excellence in Youth Sports Awards program recently. The awards, sponsored by the National Alliance for Youth Sports, honors programs that are doing superior jobs of conducting diverse activities with

  • AFSOC, AFRC develop new reserve associate missions for 919th SOW

    Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Force Reserve Command leaders met here Oct. 18 to discuss potential new missions for the 919th Special Operations Wing, a reserve unit located at Duke Field, Fla. Through Total Force Integration initiatives and directives from the Quadrennial Defense

  • AFSOC Airmen Portray Warrior Spirit

    Four AFSOC airmen are among 13 heroes from around the Air Force featured in the new volume of the "Portraits in Courage" publication. Staff Sgt. Eric Ezell, 20th Special Operations aerial gunner; Capt. John Groves, 20th Special Operations Squadron pilot; Staff Sgt. Kenneth Webb, 15th Special

  • EOD Airmen awarded Bronze Stars

    According to Hurlburt Field's explosive ordnance disposal Airmen, the lifesaving feats they accomplish every day are just a part of the job. They don't normally brag about what they do, and they certainly don't think they're heroes. There are some that would disagree. On Oct. 15, two Hurlburt Field

  • AFSOC names GEICO Military Service Award nominee

    Air Force Special Operations Command officials have announced the command's nomination for the GEICO Military Service Award. Senior Master Sgt. Ted Millard, AFSOC weapons systems manager superintendent, will now compete against other major commands' nominees for the award. According to the company's

  • AFSOC Airman readies for rugby's wrath

    The grass feels soft on your face as you lay there peacefully, until, suddenly, someone's cleat-covered foot slowly, but not gently, scrapes down your unprotected side, awakening you to the game in which you find yourself. The game is rugby, and it's no flag football. No stranger to that game, 2nd

  • New chapter for Air Force Special Operations begins

     A new chapter for Air Force Special Operations began as Col. Tim Leahy took command of the newly designated 27th Special Operations Wing during a unit redesignation and change-of-command ceremony here Oct. 1. Moments earlier, Col. Scott West, commander of the 27th Fighter Wing, closed a chapter of