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  • AFSOC announces 2008 services award winners

    Air Force Special Operations Command has announced the winners of the 2008 Services Awards, which recognize individuals and teams for excellence and ingenuity in their field. The following AFSOC winners will be submitted for competition at the Air Force level:Arts and Crafts Program of the Year-

  • AFSOC leads way with small unmanned aircraft systems

    Air Force Special Operations Command, as the lead command for small unmanned aircraft systems, highlighted the capabilities of the Scan Eagle during a demonstration at the Eglin Air Force Base test range Feb. 7. AFSOC has been training with the 820th Security Forces Group from Moody Air Force Base,

  • Try this "Shirt" on for size

    "We put out fires," said Master Sgt. George Childers, 27th Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron first sergeant. Sergeant Childers was speaking of the day-to-day routine, or lack thereof, of a first sergeant, who is also often referred to as the "shirt," "first shirt," or

  • AFSOC commander: A different sound of freedom flies over Cannon

    Lt. Gen. Donald C. Wurster's visit here Jan. 28-30 marked his first as the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command. General Wurster, who took command of AFSOC in November 2007, toured the base and Clovis to meet with Airmen and community leaders in town. "I am impressed with what I've

  • Captain has 'deja fuel' moment at Cannon

    As he pumped the last gallons of fuel into the last two F-16s here on a cold Jan. 30 afternoon, it could easily have been a deja vu moment for one Cannon Airman. Capt. Jonathan Whittaker, 27th Special Operations Mission Support Group executive officer, was at Cannon when the F-16s first arrived in

  • PMEL: The measurement of success

    The Air Force mission requires pinpoint accuracy in the face of the enemy. From bombs on target, to the equipment that gets them there, the precision required is as the saying goes, "Like splitting hairs." To acquire this accuracy, Cannon Air Force Base turns to one agency, the 27th Special

  • DAGRE program sharpens SFS skills

    The bruised and exhausted Airmen were each called to the stage to receive their "diplomas" in recognition of their passage through what some outsiders would describe as sheer hell. Three 919th Security Forces Squadron reservists and their active-duty counterparts endured Air Force Special Operations

  • Seven Hurlburt Airmen receive prestigious medals

    Seven adventures which started out in the blazing heat of Iraq ended in the brisk chill of Northwest Florida Jan. 25 when seven Airmen from the 1st Special Operations Mission Support Group were awarded three Bronze Stars and four Air Force Combat Action Medals. Senior Master Sgt. Martin Cortez, and