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  • Benchmark 'Dragon Spear' program earns William J. Perry Award

    A model U.S. Special Operations Command acquisition and development program was recently honored during the Precision Strike Association annual review at the Emerald Coast Conference Center in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.The 'Project Dragon Spear Joint Acquisition Task Force' received the 15th annual

  • First MC-130J training program takes flight

    As the first MC-130J Combat Shadow II rolled off the Lockheed Martin factory line, a training flight class conducted sorties in preparation for transition to the new airframe.The Air Force Special Operations Training Center's first MC-130J training program flight class practiced air drops, aerial

  • USAFSOS instructors pair with JSOU, teach SOCSOUTH seminar

    With its great diversity of politics and culture, understanding Latin America can be as complicated as hitting a 100-mile-per-hour fastball. In order to better prepare personnel assigned to Special Operations Command-South to work in countries across the region, a groundbreaking two-week class

  • Squadron marks 30 years of honoring fallen comrades

    Members of the 1st Special Operations Squadron marked their thirtieth consecutive year of honoring fallen brethren of STRAY 59 as the two loadmasters released a ceremonial wreath from the ramp a MC-130H Combat Talon II here Feb. 26.Eight of nine crew members and 15 special operators that were

  • 720th STG member presented DeProspero Lifetime Achievement Award

    A member of the 720th Special Tactics Group was presented a prestigious civilian award Feb. 8, 2011 in Washington.Wayne Norrad, a retired Air Force chief master sergeant and former Command Chief of Air Force Special Operations Command, was presented the National Defense Industrial Association

  • Combat control candidates vie for shot at scarlet beret

    When the muscle burn set in and it became a struggle to breathe, a shot at earning a scarlet beret was enough to push through.Thirteen servicemen traveled from as far as Washington and North Dakota to participate in the 371st Special Operations Combat Training Squadron's third combat controller and

  • AADD sets milestones in 2010, reaches out for 2011

    Hurlburt Field's Airmen Against Drunk Driving volunteers responded to 571 calls and potentially saved 924 lives in 2010. The program's network also expanded to 287 Air Commandos who either served as dispatchers or drivers while coordinating pickups throughout northwest Florida. AADD is a coalition

  • ISOC class helps turn Airmen into Air Commandos

    They all come from different careers fields, but have one thing in common; they work in or with special operations. More than 1,200 students fill the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School auditoriums annually to participate in the Introduction to Special Operations course. Students spend three

  • SOG Airmen provide mobile gas station

    Members of the 1st Special Operations Squadron and the 353rd Special Operations Group Forward Area Refueling Point Team refueled a U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at a forward area refueling point here Jan. 20 as part of Beverly High 11-02, a local operational readiness exercise.

  • SOG security forces hone FAST capabilities

    Security Forces from the 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron tested their ability to provide fly-away security for a MC-130P Combat Shadow and medical personnel at an airfield in "hostile" territory here Jan. 19 as part of Beverly High 11-02, a local operational readiness exercise. The