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  • Pacific Air Commandos selected for promotion

    Air Force officials recently selected nine captains from the 353rd Special Operations Group for promotion to major. The selected captains are: Capt. Kelly Kruger, 353rd SOG Capt. Zak Blom, 353rd SOG Capt. Hector Collazo, 353rd SOG Capt. Christopher Kapp, 1st Special Operations SquadronCapt. Evan

  • JASDF officers visit Pacific Air Commandos

    Seven officers from the Japan Air Self Defense Force visited the 353rd Special Operations Group here Feb. 3 as part of a bilateral exchange program between the United States and Japan. The JASDF officers were briefed on the mission of the 353rd SOG and discussed missions and capabilities with

  • For Air Force it's 'toys from tots'

    A young Haitian girl is brought out of a medical tent on a litter. She is wrapped in a light blanket and clutches a small stuffed animal to her chest. Medical personnel carefully load her into the back of a truck and she is driven to a waiting Air Force C-130H for aeromedical evacuation to the

  • 'Extraordinary ability' in Iraq earns doctor Bronze Star

    A lieutenant colonel from the 1st Special Operations Medical Group received a Bronze Star during an award ceremony at the 8th Special Operations Squadron auditorium Feb. 1. Lt. Col. Terence Mitchell, 1st SOMDG chief of medical staff, served as a staff physician for a joint task force in support of

  • Daily forecast: blue skies with good chance for relief

    When a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Port au Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 12, 2010, the men and women of Air Force Special Operations Command responded - quickly and decisively.Many thoughts were running through their minds, but only two were wondering, "How's the weather?"Captain Dan Santiago and Tech.

  • 1st SOLRS Airmen fuel recovery mission in Haiti

    Friends and family members welcomed back Airmen from the 1st Special Operations Wing at the Hurlburt Field Base Operations Jan. 27.1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron Airmen returned from Haiti after a two-week deployment of establishing the fuel resupply line for all military

  • 720th STG awarded GUC for combat operations

    Air Force officials announced the 2008-2009 U.S. Air Force Unit Awards Friday naming sixteen units among the Air Force's best in five categories.Air Force Special Operation Command's 720th Special Tactics Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla., earned the Gallant Unit Citation award for the period of Jan. 1,

  • Airfield Support in Haiti

    This blog courtesy of U.S. State Department, DIPNOTE BloggersColonel Buck Elton, Commander of the Joint Special Operations in Haiti, discussed operations at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince. Colonel Elton said:"I was tasked with the mission on Wednesday to come down

  • Combat controllers crucial to Haiti earthquake relief

    Thanks to a specialized group of Airmen used to working in austere locations, airlift operations in Haiti were possible in the initial days after an earthquake destroyed much of the capital, and since then these Airmen have made the airport one of the busiest in the world.Combat controllers are used

  • Air Commando medics continue to save lives in Haiti

    Medics from the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron performed dozens of surgeries, evacuated scores of citizens and delivered tons of vital supplies as part of the ongoing relief effort after the devastating earthquake in Haiti Jan. 12. The squadron's Special Operations Surgical Teams, Special