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  • STS Airmen conduct CSAR training

    Pararescuemen and a combat controller from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron participated in a combat search and rescue exercise here March 26 during an operational readiness exercise. The five pararescuemen located and treated two simulated injured aircrew members that ejected from their aircraft

  • Sergeant rescues neighbor, controls house fire

    "It was simply a reaction to an emergency situation," said Tech. Sgt. Timothy Lemons after using his training to react to a real-world emergency.It was a normal Friday evening, March 19, when Sergeant Lemons, 623rd Air Operation Component, was alerted to the smoke coming out of his neighbors Gary

  • Air Commandos train for readiness exercise

    Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group underwent final training and education classes here March 19 in preparation for the group's annual operational readiness exercise. The exercise affords unit members an opportunity to practice wartime skills necessary for their ability to survive and

  • Candidates get PAST challenge

    A little rain didn't dampen the drive of the 18 special tactics candidates taking the Physical Ability Stamina Test held March 12 at Hurlburt Field.Hosted by the Air Force Special Operations Training Center, candidates had to pass every element of the PAST to qualify for combat control, pararescue,

  • SOG Airmen support training in Cambodia

    Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group recently deployed here in January and February for combined training between U.S. and Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Special Forces soldiers and marked several significant events along the way.While supporting the five-week training between U.S. Army

  • Kadena NCOs rescue man trapped under vehicle

    Two staff sergeants assigned here helped pull a man pinned under an automobile after an off-base accident at an intersection near Gate 2 March 3.Staff Sgts. Abraham Forehand, a combat controller with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, and Aaron Sanders, a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape

  • AFSOC CCTs bring order during chaotic times

    It's 1:30 in the morning Jan. 13 when a groggy Tech. Sgt. Chris Grove answers the phone call that will shape the next two weeks of his life. Just hours after taking that call, Sergeant Grove and his nine person team of combat controllers from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron were deploying to Port

  • SOG SNCOs selcted for promotion to E-8

    Air Force officials recently selected four master sergeants assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group for promotion to senior master sergeant March 4. The selectees are: Michael Frazier, 353rd Maintenance Squadron, Shawn Gilmore, 353rd SOG, Richard King, 353rd SOG, and Erik Thompson, 1st

  • Air Commandos honor fallen comrades with memorial flight

    A Combat Talon II crew from the 1st Special Operations Squadron departed from Kadena Air Base Feb. 26 on a unique mission to commemorate their fallen brethren who were lost 29 years ago when a 1st SOS MC-130E, call sign STRAY 59, crashed during an exercise killing eight of nine crew members and 15