SecDef’s oldest outreach program visits Hurlburt Field
Special Tactics operators, assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing, and Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC) participants watch an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron, fire 105MM rounds during a visit at Eglin Range Complex, Fla., Sept. 21, 2023. Established in 1948, JCOC is the oldest Secretary of Defense-sponsored outreach program and alumni include chief executive officers of Fortune 100 companies, nonprofit organizations, presidents of universities and public administrators from metropolitan cities. JCOC participants gained an understanding of how AFSOC enables joint warfighters by delivering Special Operations Forces mobility; Strike; Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Air-to-Ground capabilities across the spectrum of competition and conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Carly Feliciano)