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  • 21 STS Combat Controller awarded Silver Star

    When you are an Air Force combat controller in Afghanistan "just doing my job" can make for a very eventful day at the office.That is how Staff Sgt. C. Caleb Gilbreath described his actions in a running firefight against the Taliban in Konduz Province Oct. 30 to Nov. 6, 2008, earning him a Silver

  • Jackal Stone 11: CJSOAC maintains support

    When the call for air support is radioed in by Special Operations Forces on the ground, if the bird can't fly due to mechanical failure, the result could be catastrophic. To ensure those aviation assets can reach time on target, a select group of Airmen spend countless hours providing

  • AFA honors AFSOC Airman - 12 OAY

    By 23, this Special Tactics Airman had deployed three times, participating in 60 combat missions in the past year alone.Senior Airman Daniel Skidmore, one of the 2010 Air Force Outstanding Airmen of the Year and Air Force Special Operations Command's Airman of the Year, began his year providing

  • Pacific Air Commando selected to latest Portraits in Courage edition

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz named Staff Sgt. Kelsey Kent as one of 18 Airmen honored in the sixth volume of Portraits in Courage during an address at the Air Force Association's 2011 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition at National Harbor, Md., Sept. 20. Each year, Air

  • Air Force Cross recipient: Three minutes to change the world

    As the only qualified Joint Terminal Attack Controller in an operation Oct. 5, 2009, an Air Force Special Operations Command combat controller knew the ground situation would be dire if he died. As an armor-piercing round entered his left shoulder and wrecked havoc throughout his chest, his focus

  • Combat controller buried had the "heart of a lion"

    The last of three Airmen, who died in an Aug. 6 helicopter crash in Afghanistan, was buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery here Sept. 10.Staff Sgt. Andrew Harvell, an Air Force Special Operations Command combat controller, was one of 30 Americans killed in action when the CH-47 helicopter they

  • Cannon officials "We will always remember"

    In remembrance of the heroes and lives lost during 9/11, a ceremony was held at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M, Sept. 11, 2011, on the tenth anniversary of the infamous terrorist attacks that changed the world forever. During this event a portion of the steel structure from the World Trade Center was

  • Air Force Special Operations 'gentle giant' laid to rest

    For the second week in a row, an Air Force Special Operations Command pararescueman was laid to rest here.Tech. Sgt. John Brown, with family roots in Arkansas and Florida, had his funeral Aug. 30 and was buried one week after his teammate and friend Tech. Sgt. Daniel Zerbe. Both Brown and Zerbe were

  • Family, friends say goodbye to a "Hero"

    An Air Force Special Operations Command pararescueman was laid to rest here Aug. 23.Tech. Sgt. Daniel Zerbe, 28, died Aug. 6 in eastern Afghanistan's Wardak province when the Chinook helicopter he was traveling in crashed. He was among 25 U.S. Special Operations Command operators who died in the