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  • "To you all, from us all, for having the guts to try"--30 years later

    Men and women from across Team Hurlburt, both past and present, gathered at the Hurlburt Field Airpark to honor and remember the 30th anniversary of Operation Eagle Claw in a ceremony April 29.Operation Eagle Claw, conducted April 24, 1980, was a complex mission to rescue 52 U.S. citizens held

  • AFSOC bases to open Internet access to social media sites

    Air Force Special Operations Command bases will gain access to social media sites May 5. With increased to Internet sites, AFSOC leaders say it's important Airmen always keep Operations Security, network protection, and professionalism at the forefront.In today's age of Internet media, Airmen have

  • Special Tactics Airmen receive 19 decorations for combat operations

    Nineteen medals were presented to nine Airmen assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, 17th Air Support Operations Squadron and 10th Combat Weather Squadron during a April 23 ceremony here. Lt. Gen. Donald Wurster, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, presented The Silver Star,

  • Kadena's Air Commandos, aircraft return from historic deployment

    An MC-130P Combat Shadow and 17 members of the 353rd Special Operations Group were greeted by friends and family as they returned here late April 25 after supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. In total, 21 members of 353rd Maintenance Squadron and 17th Special Operations Squadron and an

  • SNCO's selfless leadership earns Sijan Award

    A vehicle operations superintendent from the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron received the Lance P. Sijan Award in a ceremony in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes April 21. Senior Master Sgt. Jesse Schraner, 1st SOLRS deployments and distribution superintendent, was the senior

  • Heraldry's return honors proud lineage, famous artist

    Nearly 43 years to the day after creation, Air Force officials approved the 353rd Special Operations Group's request to reinstate its original emblem. Cartoonist Milton Caniff designed the original emblem specifically for the 553rd Reconnaissance Wing, a unit the 353rd SOG traces its lineage to, and

  • Combat controller awarded three medals for heroism

    A combat controller assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron was presented three medals he earned while supporting operations in Afghanistan during a ceremony here April 16.Staff Sgt. Jeremy King, who was a senior airman during the deployment, was presented with The Bronze Star, Purple Heart

  • SOG, Team Kadena Airmen mourn loss of officer

    More than 550 353rd Special Operations Group and Team Kadena Airmen filled Chapel Three and its annex to remember and mourn the loss of 2nd Lt. Stephen Smith at his memorial service here April 15.The 28-year-old lieutenant, a maintenance officer with the 353rd Maintenance Squadron, was found dead

  • Hurlburt remembers, honors fallen Air Commandos

    More than 1,800 servicemembers, families and friends gathered together to celebrate the lives of two fallen Air Commandos in a joint memorial service at the Freedom Hangar here April 15, 2010.Maj. Randell Voas, 8th Special Operations Squadron evaluator pilot, and Senior Master Sgt. James Lackey, 8th