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  • Landing Zone provides Airmen great seat for big game

    Nearly 80 Airmen ate free pizza, won raffle prizes and watched a professional football championship during a party held at the Hurlburt Field Landing Zone Feb. 7. The center's staff partnered with the base chapel to provide free pizza, soda and other snacks for Airmen to enjoy the game in a safe and

  • Policy letter bans use of Salvia Divinorum, Spice

    The psychoactive hallucinogenic plants Salvia Divinorum and Spice, although sold commercially, are prohibited for use by Air Force Special Operations Command military members, according to a new major command policy letter.Lt. Gen. Donald C. Wurster, AFSOC commander, prohibited use of the substances

  • CSAF visits Cannon: highlights Airmen issues

    The Air Force chief of staff visited here Jan. 26 to see how the base is transitioning to its new special operations mission and to meet the Airmen making that change happen.Gen. Norton Schwartz toured the base and addressed a crowded hangar to give his perspective on the state of the Air Force and

  • 1st SOW satisfies ORI requirements

    The Air Force Special Operations Command commander declared that the upcoming 1st Special Operations Wing operational readiness inspection is complete today. "In light of the recent short-notice deployment to Port au Prince, Haiti, in support of Operation Unified Response, the objectives of the

  • 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