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  • Air Force historian visits AFSOC, 1st SOW, discusses future of career field

    "The Air Force Special Operations Command history office has an outstanding program, one of the best in the Air Force," were the words the director of the Air Force history and museum programs used to describe Hurlburt's history offices. C.R. "Dick" Anderegg, met with base historians Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the past, present and future of
  • Special tactics Airmen utilize a wide range of Air Force assets to accomplish their jobs. (Courtesy photo)

    Special tactics: Do you have what it takes?

    In special tactics, just getting to work is extreme. Special tactics Airmen freefall out of an aircraft and use ram-air parachute to land at a precise location - on land or at sea. They infiltrate by amphibious means by either rubber raiding craft or combat dive using SCUBA gear. They operate on airfields with motorcycles, travel cross-country on
  • A communication specialist makes adjustments on an antenna during set up of the Operation Combined Eagle exercise March 8 at Duke Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mareshah Haynes)

    Combined exercise prepares Airmen for battle

    Airmen from Hurlburt Field, the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves participated in a communications exercise at Duke Field March 8. Operation Combined Eagle was a total force communications exercise intended to get all stateside Air Force Special Operations Command communications squadrons to work together on one mission. This was the first
  • Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley joins a 16th Special Operations Squadron gunner, Master Sgt. Preface Hedin, with loading the 105mm howitzer on the AC-130H Spectre gunship Monday night, while Senior Airman Mathew Busman works the 40mm Bofors cannon, and Staff Sgt. James Mobley oversees the process. The chief visited Hurlburt Monday and Tuesday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andy Kin)

    CMSAF visits Hurlburt, brings good news about AF future

    Enlisted Airmen at Hurlburt Field gained the opportunity this week to meet and hear from Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley. During his three-day stay here, Chief McKinley immersed himself in the Air Force Special Operations Command mission. "I've been fully impressed since day one with everything I've seen here," the chief
  • More than 200 Airmen returned home from deployment to Southwest Asia early Wednesday morning to a crowd of families and co-workers. (Courtesy photo)

    Operation Homecoming

  • Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Richardson, 1st Special Operations Wing command chief, speaks to the enlisted force at Hurlburt before an enlisted call Tuesday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Stephanie Jacobs)

    Command chief lands: Hurlburt welcomes new Air Commando to its ranks

    When asked how he liked his new job, the new 1st Special Operations Wing command chief said, "It's a dream come true, the best job in the Air Force. It's not often that you get the opportunity to serve such an awesome wing of Air Commandos." Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Richardson, a 28-year Air Force veteran, arrived here from the 352nd Special

  • JSOU offers special operations warfighters new certificate course

    The Joint Special Operations University offers a new joint warfighter certificate program focusing on preparing mid-career noncommissioned and commissioned special operations officers for assignment to a joint special operations forces headquarters. A fiscal year 2005 educational requirements analysis found neither U.S. Special Operations Command

  • AFSOC Wins Major Accolades at 2006 Air Force Safety Awards

    -- Air Force safety officials have announced the winners of the 2006 Safety Awards. They are: Secretary of the Air Force Safety Award: Category I -- Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. (No Category II listed) Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois Memorial Award: Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field. Col. Will L.
  • A child feasts on a home-made dinner during Salute to Families. The event was held for the families of deployed Airmen so they would know the services offered by the base while their loved ones are away. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Amy Cooper)

    Hurlburt Field Chapel, A&FRC salute families

    What's the secret recipe for coping with a loved one's deployment? For the Hurlburt Field Chapel, the right ingredients are one plate of home-cooked food, a sprinkling of games, a dash of singing and a good conversation. All of these ingredients came together Tuesday night during the chapel's "Salute to Families" event. The celebration, which was a
  • Linda Wiley helps Col. Michael Callan, Air Force Special Operations Forces commander, unveil the drawing of her husband during the dedication ceremony of the AFSOF conference room to Chief Master Sgt. Atwell Livingston "Duke" Wiley Tuesday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jamie Haig)

    AFSOF dedicates conference room to enlisted hero

    Air Force Special Operations Forces dedicated a conference room in the Air Force Special Operations Command building's new wing in honor of a former Air Commando Tuesday morning. Chief Master Sgt. Atwell Livingston "Duke" Wiley, who served in the Air Force for more than 45 years, 31 years on active duty and 14 years in civil service, supported
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