17 SOS

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron perform a final equipment check before a high altitude, low opening jump from a 17th Special Operations Squadron MC-130P Combat Shadow here Nov. 5. The 17th lived up to its motto "No mission too demanding" on this flight by also supporting a static-line jump for Marines and Soldiers, aerial refueling HH-60 helicopters and providing a tactical familiarization flight for three Republic of Korea Air Force officers from the 255th Special Operations Squadron and Republic of Korea Air Force Operations Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

17 SOS

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Michael Mendes, a 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster, helps a jumpmaster prepare for a static-line jump from a 17th SOS MC-130P Combat Shadow here Nov. 5. The 17th lived up to its motto “No mission too demanding” on this flight by supporting a high altitude, low opening jump from 320th Special Tactics Squadron personnel, aerial refueling HH-60 helicopters and providing a tactical familiarization flight for three Republic of Korea Air Force officers from the 255th Special Operations Squadron and Republic of Korea Air Force Operations Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

ROFAK

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Republic of Korea Air Force, or ROKAF, Lt. Col. Gye Sam Lee, the 255th Special Operations Squadron commander, ROKAF Capt. Seung Hyun Kim, 255th SOS, and ROKAF Maj. Eui Sik Kim, ROKAF Operations Command , discuss their flight aboard a 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II shortly after landing here Nov. 4. Col. David Mullins, the 353rd Special Operations Group commander, invited the ROKAF members to visit Nov. 3 -6 to see how the group trains, equips and coordinates its MC-130 aircrews. The 353rd SOG and 255th SOS are both part of the Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component which supports special operations missions in the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

ROKAF

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- From right: Lt. Col. Andrew Lewin, 1st Special Operations Squadron director of operations, discusses the significance of the 1st SOS patch with Republic of Korea Air Force, or ROKAF, Maj. Eui Sik Kim, ROKAF Operations Command, ROKAF Capt. Seung Hyun Kim, 255th Special Operations Squadron, and ROKAF Lt. Col. Gye Sam Lee, the 255th SOS commander, before a flight aboard a 1st SOS MC-130H Combat Talon II here Nov. 4. Col. David Mullins, the 353rd Special Operations Group commander, invited the ROKAF members to visit Nov. 3 -6 to see how the group trains, equips and coordinates its MC-130 aircrews. The 353rd SOG and 255th SOS are both part of the Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component which supports special operations missions in the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

720th STG passes the guidon to 17th ASOS

Col. Bradley Thompson, 720th Special Tactics Group commander, hands the guidon to Lt. Col. Christopher Cronk, 17th Air Support Operations Squadron commander, during a ceremony Oct 1. The ceremony signifiied the 17th ASOS's transition from Air Combat Command to Air Force Special Operations Command. The 61 Tactical Air Control Party Airmen of the 17th ASOS join the ranks of more than 900 elite special tactics Airmen and support personnel. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Sheila DeVera)

Shogun-280th CS

Airman 1st Class David McQueen (left), 353rd Operations Support Squadron, shows Staff Sgt. Consylethia Frazier, 280th Combat Communications Squadron, how to properly line up an AV-2011 antenna assembly during training here Aug. 18. About 70 people from the 28th CBCS, a traditional Air National Guard unit out of Dothan, Ala., traveled here for two weeks of training with the 353rd OSS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)