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  • Hurlburt Field pharmacy helps with tobacco cessation

    -- The 1st Special Operations Medical Group pharmacy is providing Hurlburt Field personnel with nicotine replacements for individuals wanting to stop tobacco use.One of the base pharmacist, hoping to catch people who have a New Years resolution to quit smoking, wants everyone to know of their

  • BATCATS earn Meritorious Unit Award

    The 353rd Special Operations Group was awarded the Meritorious Unit Award Dec. 16 for their exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service from Oct. 1, 2010 to Sept. 30, 2012.Superior performance of the day-to-day mission alone does not satisfy the requirements needed to

  • Homecoming honors 16th SOS

    The 27th Special Operations Wing celebrated a momentous occasion when it welcomed home its last deployed AC-130H Spectre gunship at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Dec. 20. Dozens of Air Commandos and joyful family members gathered outside the squadron eagerly awaiting their friends and loved ones to

  • AFSOC builds partnerships with sister services, foreign militaries

    More than 30 servicemembers and civil servants from 10 different countries gathered here to attend the Building Partner Aviation Capacity Course Dec. 3 through today.BPACC was designed as an avenue for Air Force Special Operations Command to create, nurture or deepen partnerships with foreign

  • 353rd SOMXS Earns DoD Award

    The 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron was presented the 2012 Secretary of Defense Field-Level Maintenance Award in the small category November 15 during the 2012 DoD Maintenance Symposium and Exhibition in Grand Rapids, Mich. Maj. Ronald Thomas, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance

  • Past, present SOWTs shape elite career field

    The Special Operations Weather Team is one of the newest career fields in the Air Force, officially created just three years ago. However, this grey beret-wearing unit has been around since 1963, originally known as the Commando Combat Weather Team stationed here at Hurlburt Field, Fla.To remember

  • Former CSAF nominated for The Order of the Sword

    With no stars, bars, eagles or oak leafs among their multitude of stripes, the enlisted force of the Air Force Special Operations Command nominated their former Chief of Staff of the Air Force for his induction into The Order of the Sword at Hurlburt Field Nov. 15.Retired Gen. Norton Schwartz,

  • Training at range proves beneficial for troops

    The 27th Special Operations Wing hosted various Air Force bases as part of combined installation training at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., Nov. 5-16. Air Commandos stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., teamed up with fellow service members and utilized the range's rough terrain and unique