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  • Two Special Operations Airmen receive Silver Star decoration

    Two Air Force Special Operations Command combat controllers currently stationed in San Antonio were each presented a Silver Star for gallantry in combat during a ceremony July 22 here.The two combat controllers, Tech. Sgt. Ismael Villegas and Staff Sgt. Dale Young, were decorated by Lt. Gen. Eric E.

  • Inaugural Olympic match held at Cannon

    Emergency first responders with the 27th Special Operations Wing came together to compete and display capabilities in an Olympic-style competition held at Unity Park here, July 12. The joint training competition pulled participants from bioenvironmental engineering, emergency management and fire

  • New 1st SOW commander inherits Air Commando legacy

    Before hundreds of Air Commandos, citizens of the Emerald Coast, and static displays of special operations aircraft, Col. William West assumed command of the 1st Special Operations Wing during a change of command ceremony at the Freedom Hangar here, July 3.Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, commander of Air Force

  • 27th SOW commander recieves 1st star

    Brig. Gen. Buck Elton, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, received his first star during a promotion ceremony in the Landing Zone at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., July 2.Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, presided over the ceremony. Elton's brigadier general

  • Son Tay Raid aircraft displayed at Cannon

    The 27th Special Operations Wing held a ceremony to celebrate the official new home of Combat Talon I, Cherry One, near the front entrance of Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 28, 2013. If the retired aircraft could speak, it would undoubtedly have many hair-raising and death-defying exploits to

  • 27th SOAOS activates at Cannon

    The 27th Special Operations Air Operations Squadron was activated during a ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 27.Col. Buck Elton, 27th SOW commander, called for the formation of the 27th SOAOS in response to the 23rd Air Force directive.  The directive called for a successful transition