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  • 320th STS Airmen execute amphibious training

    Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron conducted an amphibious training operation along the West Coast of Okinawa Sept. 22 - 24 to refresh qualifications and retain proficiency in various special tactics skill sets.The training included day and nighttime helo-casting in cohesion with HH-60G

  • First AC-130U Spooky retires

    The first AC-130U Spooky gunship to retire from the active fleet flew from its home here following a small ceremony Sept. 21.The gunship, named "Bad Omen," was delivered to Hurlburt Field Feb. 17, 1995. Following the ceremony, "Bad Omen" flew to it's retirement home with the 309th Aerospace

  • Cannon hosts 2015 EMT Rodeo

    Twenty-one teams of elite emergency medical technicians from 22 installations across the Air Force convened Sept. 17-18 at Cannon Air Force Base for two days of high-octane competition during the 2015 Annual EMT Rodeo.During this, the rodeo's eighth consecutive year, testers required all contenders

  • A man to emulate: Honoring a fallen Special Tactics Officer

    Capt. Matthew D. Roland was the guy people depended on, turned to, looked up to. He was, to quote a teammate, “the kind of man other men strive to emulate.”He was a “man’s man” who could fix or build anything. He was the guy who “could fit in any crowd” and “lead any team.” This is how Roland was

  • Two fallen Special Tactics Airmen honored, remembered

    More than 1,000 family members, friends and teammates from around the country gathered here Sept. 14 to honor and remember two Special Tactics Airmen who were killed in action last month in an insider attack.As the procession of family members departed the memorial, nearly 2,000 Air Commandos lined

  • Fallen Special Tactics hero honored at squadron tribute

    The coolest guy in the room. A knight and a warrior on the battlefield. A highly decorated combat veteran who went to great lengths to mentor young Airmen. Someone with a quick wit, an infectious laugh and a sense of humor that was “second to none.”That’s how members of the 21st Special Tactics

  • AFSOC civilian wins 2014 AF International Affairs Excellence Award

    A civil servant at the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School here is one of the Air Force’s most effective individuals in building, sustaining, expanding and guiding international relationships.Grisel Mundo-Love, USAFSOS Language and Culture Center director, won the 2014 Air Force International

  • DAGRE tryouts test candidates

    Within the United States Air Force security forces career field, exists a team of highly-trained Air Commandos tasked with performing a wide-range of Special Operations Forces missions. The Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element, also known as DAGRE, helps provide enhanced security for Air Force

  • National civic leaders visit AFSOC during SLEP tour

    More than 20 civic leaders toured Air Force Special Operations Command as part of the Secretary of Defense’s Senior Leader Engagement Program Aug. 26 through 27 here.The civic leaders hailed from across the nation and included the president of the American Bar Association, the executive vice

  • Special Tactics Airmen killed in hostile incident

    Two Special Tactics Airmen, who were deployed in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, were killed near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015.Capt. Matthew D. Roland, 27, and Staff Sgt. Forrest B. Sibley, 31, were at a vehicle checkpoint when two individuals wearing Afghan National Defense and