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  • AFSOC hosts Emerald Warrior '15

    Air Force Special Operations Command is hosting the annual Emerald Warrior exercise April 20 through May 1. This joint exercise provides pre-deployment training for special operations forces, conventional, interagency and partner nation forces in combat scenarios. Emerald Warrior is the Department

  • Monster Mash challenges 321 STS Air Commandos

    Air Commandos from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron participate in a challenge during the Monster Mash April 10, 2015 on RAF Mildenhall, England. The Monster Mash consisted of various events such as navigating across a “lava” pit, pulling a Humvee and a blind weapons assembly. The squadron broke

  • Four represent AFSOC at International Affairs Excellence awards

    Four Air Commandos will represent Air Force Special Operations Command in the Air Force International Affairs Excellence Award program, command officials announced April 15.The nominees are:Officer – Maj. William McLaughlin, AFSOC Directorate of Installations and Mission Support Enlisted – Master

  • Special Tactics Airman honored for heroism: “Courage under fire"

    The Air Force has selected Tech. Sgt. Matthew J. Greiner, Special Tactics combat controller from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, 24th Special Operations Wing, as the national Non Commissioned Officer Association Vanguard Award recipient for heroic actions while deployed with an Army Special

  • Laboratory technicians: small numbers, large impact

    Tech. Sgt. Richard Minton said he never really understood the impact of being a medical laboratory technician in the Air Force until he deployed to Afghanistan in 2012.There, he experienced firsthand the importance of his craft while delivering blood to servicemembers receiving treatment for

  • Intel Airman wins Air Force award

    More than a thousand flight hours and 600 combat missions with a high rate of success have earned Senior Airman Ryan Jewell, 56th Special Operations Intelligence Squadron mission intelligence coordinator, the title of Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Airman of the Year.Jewell

  • Special Tactics Chaplain honored for resiliency support

    Maj. Chad Bellamy, 24th Special Operations Wing wing chaplain, received the 2015 Air Force Distinguished Service Award from the Military Chaplain Association for his direct support to over 1,000 Special Tactics forces and combat mission support personnel.“Maj. Bellamy is a tremendous asset to

  • 10 Air Commandos win AFSOC outstanding Airman, civilian honors

    Air Force Special Operations Command recently announced the names of 10 Air Commandos selected as its 2014 Outstanding Airman and Civilians of the Year.These individuals will receive formal recognition during the AFSOC annual awards banquet scheduled here May 14.The winners are:Airman – Staff Sgt.

  • USSOCOM inducts former Air Commandos into Commando Hall of Honor

    Two former Air Commandos were inducted into the U.S. Special Operations Command’s Commando Hall of Honor April 6, 2015, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.Retired Maj. Gen. James L. Hobson, Jr. and retired Col. James H. Kyle joined seven other inductees honored by Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, SOCOM