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  • Maintenance officer receives Air Force-level award

    Major Redahlia Person, 352nd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron maintenance operations officer, recently received recognition as the U.S. Air Force-level winner of the 2014 Gen. Lew Allen Jr. Trophy.The trophy is awarded annually to a base-level maintenance officer and senior NCO with

  • Cannon pilot first in AFSC to graduate weapons school

    A pilot from the 33rd Special Operations Squadron, at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, became the first member of the 18X career field to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. 13. The Air Commando belongs to the small community of Air Force Special

  • AFSOC leadership visits Pacific Air Commandos

    Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold shakes hands with Master Sgt. Edith Smith, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, maintenance operations flight chief, during a visit Dec. 5, 2014 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. AFSOC leadership visited the Airmen of the 353rd Special Operations Group to get a closer

  • ISR Rodeo: 318th SOS premieres new training platform

    In a world of ever-changing threats and mission requirements, Air Commandos here are leading the way with innovative and adaptive training.  The term ‘rodeo’ typically brings about thoughts of cowboys, their hats, horses and other livestock; but for members of the 27th Special Operations Wing, a

  • Earning a new name

    Members of the 27th Special Operations Wing attended a re-designation ceremony Dec. 9 to transition the 522nd Special Operations Squadron to the 9th Special Operations Squadron.   While this event commemorated the closing of one chapter, members of Team Cannon came to support the Air Commandos of

  • 320th STS PJ remembered at memorial service

    From a small special operations community a large group of people gathered to honor one man’s life. A memorial service was held Nov. 25 at Kadena Air Base for Tech. Sgt. Sean Barton, a pararescueman assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron who died Oct. 30 from injuries sustained after a

  • Air Commandos provide BMT experience to local JROTC

    GET OFF THE BUS NOW... HURRY UP... MOVE!  That immediately set the tone for what would be a day reminiscent of basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, held in the slightly more specialized operations environment of Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.   Junior Reserve Officer Training

  • Hurlburt hosts Emerald Coast K-9 Clash

    Air Force and Army military working dog handlers and their four-legged partners gathered for the Emerald Coast K-9 Clash on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Nov. 15. The event, hosted by the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, is the first of its kind to be held here.The clash allowed military

  • TACP receives second Silver Star medal

    Master Sgt. Thomas Case, a tactical air control party Airman in the 18th Air Support Operations Group here, received his second Silver Star medal Nov. 13, 2014, for heroic actions during a 2009 deployment to Afghanistan.The Silver Star medal is the U.S. military’s third highest military decoration

  • Mackay Trophy returns to AFSOC

    Under heavy enemy fire Dec. 21, 2013, the crew of Rooster 73 performed expert aerial maneuvers while simultaneously providing medical care to the critically-injured passengers on board their CV-22 Osprey. The 8th Special Operations Squadron crew’s heroic efforts during the flight resulted in the