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  • AFSOC Airmen killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash

    Three Air Force Special Operations Command Airmen died Saturday morning when their aircraft, a coalition CH-47 Chinook, crashed in the Maiden Wardak Province in eastern Afghanistan. They were among 25 U.S. Special Operations Command operators who died in the crash, which also took the lives of five

  • Obama, military leaders pay respects at Dover Air Force Base

    President Barack Obama and military leaders paid their respects at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Aug. 9 during the dignified transfer of remains of service members killed in an Aug. 6 helicopter crash in Afghanistan.Two Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft carried the remains to

  • Hurlburt Security Forces: Honoring the fallen, one step at a time

    To some, they're just gate guards. To even fewer, it may seem there's nothing "special operations" about them. But to the families of the fallen, they're just like one of their own.Four Hurlburt Airmen, assigned to the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, completed their 142-mile journey

  • Hurlburt Field preferred for MQ-1 remote split-operation unit

    Air Force officials announced Aug. 4 that Hurlburt Field, Fla., is the preferred alternative for the Air Force Reserve Command MQ-1 remote split-operations squadron. Hurlburt Field will receive a single MQ-1 RSO squadron consisting of 140 personnel and associated equipment. This action does not

  • 1st SOSFS Defenders on the road again for 9/11 memorial march

    Ten years after the tragic events of 9/11, four 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron Airmen are picking up their packs July 28 to participate in the Ruck March to Remember.Tech. Sgt. Daniel Dance, NCO in charge of supply, Tech. Sgt. Chad Reemtsma, NCO in charge of physical security, Staff

  • One letter makes a difference

    For a crew chief, the crowning moment of his or her career can come down to one letter; a "black letter" that says his or her aircraft has zero open-discrepancy write-ups and zero overdue inspections. To put this into perspective, the average crew chief usually goes through his or her entire career

  • Commissary, community support "Feds Feed Families" food drive

    The Hurlburt Field Commissary is teaming up with fellow Air Commandos to participate in the 2011 Feds Feed Families food drive through Aug. 31. As part of the campaign, the commissary will leave collection bins near its entrances and exits for patrons to donate canned foods and non-perishable items

  • New CC: AFSOC packs a punch

    There is nothing Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel enjoys more than to deploy as part of a joint team. So to be back among the Airmen who do it the most as commander of Air Force Special Operations Command is both humbling and exciting, he said."I cannot imagine any other command in the Air Force that is more

  • Air Guard member named one of Air Force's top 12

    Air Force officials announced the service's top enlisted members Wednesday, naming Pennsylvania Air National Guard Staff Sgt. John Norris as one the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2011.Norris, a tactical air control party specialist with the 193rd Special Operations Wing, began his journey to

  • Air Commando missing in action 45 years to be buried at Academy

    An Air Commando who went missing in action over North Vietnam in 1966 will be buried at the Air Force Academy July 15 with full military honors.Col. Leo S. Boston of Canon City, Colo., was a member of the 14th Air Commando Wing at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, in 1966. Then a captain, he