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Air Force Special Operations Command

Cannon AFB first to test new AFSOC Combat Readiness Inspection

Cannon AFB first to test new AFSOC Combat Readiness Inspection
AFSOC demonstrates ACE with historic highway landing

AFSOC demonstrates ACE with historic highway landing

Our Air Commandos exercised AFSOC's capability to conduct runway-agnostic operations through Agile Combat Employment. Air Commandos secured a landing zone on Highway 63 in Bono, Arkansas, allowing multiple AFSOC aircraft to land and then performed Forward Arming and Refueling Point operations.
AT-802U Trainer Aircraft Arrive at Hurlburt Field

AT-802U Trainer Aircraft Arrive at Hurlburt Field

Air Force Special Operations Command received two AT-802U trainer aircraft at Hurlburt Field, Florida on June 28, 2024. These aircraft will be used to train test pilots and initial cadre in a representative tail wheel aircraft in preparation for the missionized Armed Overwatch (OA-1K) variant.

Airman 1st Class Ty Pilgrim

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Special Tactics Operators assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, watch a CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron, take off from the Eglin Range Complex, Florida, Dec. 8, 2021. The 23rd Special Tactics Squadron conducted a large-scale humanitarian aid and disaster relief exercise involving approximately 300 participants designed to challenge ST Airmen with a complex tactical and leadership training environment they would encounter in a real-world humanitarian crisis. Special Tactics units perform austere air control, terminal attack control, personnel rescue and recovery, assault zone assessments, battlefield trauma care, direct action, and special reconnaissance across the spectrum of conflict and crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Carly Kavish)

AFSOC News

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jedediah Parks and Senior Airman Sean Curtin, 16th Special Operations Squadron AC-130W Stinger II aerial gunners, operate an M137A1 105mm artillery cannon during live fire training over Spirit live fire range at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico, Jan. 31, 2022. The 16 SOS conducted a memorial flyover honoring Spirit 03, the last AC-130 gunship to be shot down during combat. The squadron also held a remembrance brief after the flights detailing the story of the aircrew and advancements made as a result of the loss of Spirit 03. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Drew Cyburt)

Units

U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Wing CV-22 Ospreys from Hurlburt Field, Fla., and a 27th Special Operations Wing MC-130J Commando II from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., perform a tilt-rotor air to air refueling demonstration during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021, over Wittman Regional Airport, Wis., Aug. 1, 2021. Air Force Special Operations Command was featured at EAA’s airshow and brought multiple aircraft in its inventory to include the AC-130J Ghostrider, MC-130J Commando II, EC-130J Commando Solo, CV-22 Osprey, C-145 Combat Coyote, U-28 Draco, C-146 Wolfhound, MC-12 Liberty, and the MQ-9 Reaper displaying capabilities of airpower through aerial demonstrations and/or static displays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Reft.)

Leadership

AFSOC Change of Command 2024

Air Force News

Air Force News

POTFF
- Preservation of the Force & Family
  Posted 01/19/2016
Recruiting
- SPECIAL TACTICS
  Posted 01/19/2016
Publications
- AIRMAN MAGAZINE
  Posted 01/19/2016
Links
- U.S. Department of Defense
  Posted 01/19/2016
- U.S. Special Operations Command
  Posted 01/19/2016
- U.S. Army Special Operations Command
  Posted 01/19/2016
- U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command
  Posted 01/19/2016
- U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command
  Posted 01/19/2016