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  • 15th SOS members clinch lessons learned award

    A team from the 15th Special Operations Squadron earned the 2014 Gen. Kenney Award for lessons learned in the development of tactics. The Aerial Delivery Mission Planning Team spent more than two years developing a plan that would improve the accuracy of dropping cargo to troops on the ground. The

  • CV-22 leader receives prestigious award

    Lt. Col. Travis Hill, 8th Special Operations Squadron commander, received the Office of Strategic Services John Singlaub Award during the William J. Donovan Dinner in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24."If it were up to him he would rather his service be unchronicled, giving all the credit to his fellow

  • AFSOC priorities: Providing combat ready forces

    Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles focusing on each of the four AFSOC priorities.“Providing combat ready forces is our raison d’etre,” said Maj. Gen. Mark Hicks, Air Force Special Operations Command director of operations. “It’s what we do, and the other three priorities

  • SecAF learns how Hurlburt Air Commandos operate

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James learned how Air Commandos operate during a visit to Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 20-21. James said she is making her way to bases across the Air Force to familiarize herself with various missions and discuss her priorities with Airmen. “If you look back at

  • Deslauriers family gifted their 'forever home'

    The inscription said it all, “Thank you… for building our forever home.”For Master Sgt. Joe and Lisa Deslauriers, the memento they presented was only a small token of their gratitude as they were given a hero’s welcome and were gifted their ‘forever home’ Oct. 25 by Andy Pujol, president of Building

  • 17th SOS pays tribute to MC-130P retirement

    From providing helicopter air-to-air refueling to conducting long-range support of Special Operations Forces, the MC-130P Combat Shadow has provided a critical service to the U.S. military for nearly 50 years.The 17th Special Operations Squadron highlighted the beginning of the MC-130P Combat Shadow

  • Wounded warrior takes on various challenges, strives

    Retired Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock participated in SCUBA-Pool Emergency Procedures training at the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron Center on Hurlburt Field, Fla. Oct. 21, 2014.The training is commonly used as a refresher to familiarize Airmen with life support equipment not used in daily activities,

  • Air Commando assists in motorcycle accident

    On Oct. 17, Senior Airman Laura Kinglocke, 1st Special Operations Aerospace Medicine Squadron medical technician, witnessed a motorcycle crash when motorcyclist Donald Dancer was thrown from his bike and onto the side of the road, potentially into traffic, on U.S. Highway 98.Kinglocke was the first

  • So that others may live: special tactics Airmen practice like they play

    U.S. Air Force special tactics Airmen respond to a simulated village attack during a training exercise Oct. 7, 2014, at Stanford Training Area near Thetford, England. The exercise prepared the team for real-world incidents and consisted of flying in on a CV-22 Osprey, tactically entering the

  • 4th SOS Airmen shine at night

    The AC-130U is the latest in a long line of side-firing gunships which began in the early 1960s with the AC-47D Spooky. It is equipped with a 105mm and 40mm cannon and a 25mm Gatling gun.