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  • JEFX initiative provides boost for medical intelligence

    With some help from the Global Cyberspace Integration Center at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Air Force Special Operations Command is taking medical intelligence far forward ... and bringing it back. In February 2008, the Web-based Global Situational Awareness Tool went live on the Defense

  • 319 SOS wins AFSOC squadron of the year award

    The 319th Special Operations Squadron was awarded the Air Force Special Operations Command Squadron of the Year in a ceremony here May 15. It was standing room only in the squadron auditorium as Lt. Gen. Donny Wurster, AFSOC commander, presented the award to 319th SOS Commander Lt. Col. Jerry "J"

  • 1st SOW Fire Prevention Program named best in AF

    The 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron recently brought home the Air Force Fire Prevention Program of the Year award. This is the first time in 13 years the 1st SOCES has received this award. "The winners in the past have set the bar very high," said Assistant Fire Chief for the Fire

  • Cannon activates 318th Special Operations Squadron

    The addition of a second operational flying squadron to the 27th Special Operations Wing was marked by a squadron activation ceremony of the 318th Special Operations Squadron here May 16. Taking command of the 318th SOS was Lt. Col. Darren Demers, whose previous assignment was at the Pentagon,

  • Cannon security forces, local lawmen train together for crises

    Bodies lay strewn about on the floor like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Cries for help reverberated off the walls as four-man teams searched for the creator of this carnage. Gunshots cut through the cries and the acrid smell of gunpowder filled the air. Fortunately, as real as this scenario seemed, it

  • Individual deeds set foundation for AFSOC awards

    Air Force Special Operations Command honors its 10 annual award winners May 8. Each winner has special achievements for 2007, which are the foundation for their award. The following chronicles their individual achievements. IMA officer "Surprise, you won." That's Lt. Col. Jeff Hinrich's take on his

  • 'AFSOC 10' to report for awards

    Ten individuals from across Air Force Special Operations Command will be honored in a banquet ceremony May 8 in the Emerald Coast Conference Center. These Airmen - all of whom have served in uniform - are the command's annual award winners in their separate categories. This group of two officers,

  • Thais, Americans join forces for Operation Teak Torch training

    The language of friendship forged through any communication barriers as Royal Thai air forces and the United States Air Force joined together for exchange training here. About 130 members from the 353rd Special Operations Group, whose home station is Kadena Air Base, Japan, traveled to Udon Thani