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  • AFSOC: A history of 'door kickers'

    Although Air Force Special Operations Command was officially established in 1990, its history dates all the way back to World War II. From that time, Air Commandos have been heavily called upon for a wide assortment of missions - missions nobody else could do."Since 1975, at the end of the Vietnam

  • USSOCOM senior enlisted advisor speaks on family preservation

    By all accounts, they were the perfect military family. The husband: hard-charging and gallant. The wife: beautiful and accomplished. Yes, like a page ripped from a child's picture book, the Faris family was 'Happily Ever After' come to life, or so it seemed.Beneath the counterfeit smiles and

  • Female SSgt earns Bronze Star on “special” deployment

    In 1920, they were allowed to vote. In 1948, they were allowed to serve. And now, a select few female service members are finally getting the opportunity to enable special operations forces in Afghanistan.Political as it may be, Staff Sgt. Jamie Fremgen, 11th Intelligence Squadron analyst, proved

  • Special Tactics Airmen earn Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart

    When the critical moment came there was courage. There was courage from an Airman who moved into the line of fire to retrieve bodies of fallen Afghan commandos. Another Airman risked sniper fire to call in air support. One Airman continued to fight despite shrapnel wounds from a hand grenade.Three

  • Air Force recognizes 2012 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    The 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year attended a recognition reception and dinner hosted by the 2012 Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 17.The Airmen were lauded for demonstrating "outstanding leadership, job performance, community involvement and

  • MC-130E simulator to retire

    The first simulator assigned to the 19th Special Operation Squadron, the MC-130E Combat Talon I, is scheduled to retire Oct. 1 at Hurlburt Field, Fla.More than 800 aircrew members have trained on this particular simulator since 1997, according to William Guagliardo, 19th SOS project officer."As

  • CMSAF #5 to Airmen: 'Dazzle the Air Force'

    The fifth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force visited locations on Hurlburt Field Sept. 14 to talk with Airmen about how aptitude, attitude and motivation can create opportunity. During his visit retired Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Robert D. Gaylor had breakfast with Airmen from

  • Past, present, future celebrated at inaugural Hurlburt Ball

    Hurlburt Field Airmen celebrated the Air Force's 65th anniversary with the first formal military ball in the base's history at the Emerald Coast Convention Center on Okaloosa Island Sept. 14. Nearly 1,200 Air Commandos and their guests attended the black-tie event, themed "Reflecting on our Past,

  • AFSOC leadership visits 353 SOG

    The Air Force Special Operations Command commander along with the AFSOC command chief visited here Sept. 6 to get a closer look at the special operations mission in the Pacific. During their visit, Lt. Gen. Eric E. Fiel and Chief Master Sgt. William Turner took the time to tour each of the 353rd