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  • AFSOC Safety Efforts Garner Major Award

    Last to first in 365 days sounds like a great title for a novel. In the case of Air Force Special Operations Command, those 365 days of attention to detail and risk management efforts yielded a major mishap-free record after tallying seven the year before. During the Order of the Daedalian's

  • Officer wins AF ATC award

    An officer with the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron was named as the winner of an Air Force Airfield Operations award in an announcement made by Air Force officials June 13. Capt. Derek Molloy, the airfield operations flight commander, won the 2006 Col. Derrel L. Dempsey Officer of the Year

  • Two AFSOC Airmen among AF's 12 Outstanding

    Two Airmen assigned to the 720th Special Tactics Group were recently selected as two of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2007. Tech. Sgt. Jonathan McCoy and Staff Sgt. David Orvosh competed with other nominees representing major commands, direct reporting units, field operating

  • Hurlburt's Air Commandos grant a special wish

    Air Force Special Operations Command and the 1st Special Operations Wing hosted a visit from a 17-year-old leukemia patient and his family June 14 and 15, a result of a wish granted through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.Airyque Ervin, from Vallejo, Calif., was diagnosed with two forms of leukemia in

  • General Wooley tapped for Order of the Sword

    Air Force Special Operations Command's top Air Commando was recognized Sunday by his enlisted force at Hurlburt Field with an invitation to become only the sixth recipient of the AFSOC Order of the Sword. Lt. Gen. Michael W. Wooley, AFSOC commander, was obviously moved and surprised by the

  • Hurlburt Airmen receive Combat Action Medal

    The Air Force chief of staff presented the first Air Force Combat Action Medals to six Airmen during an 8 a.m. ceremony Tuesday at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va. Gen. T. Michael Moseley awarded the new medals to recognize Air Force members who were engaged in air or ground combat "outside

  • 3rd SOS "Dragons" breathe fire for many years

    Located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., the 3rd Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing, is the first Unmanned Aerial System squadron in Air Force Special Operations Command. The 3rd SOS traces its heritage back to World War I when it was activated as Photographic Section I on April

  • Pacific Air Commandos get new commander

    In ceremonies June 8 a new commander for the Air Commandos of the Pacific accepted the responsibility to lead the 353rd Special Operations Group into the future. Col. David Mullins accepted command from Col. Ray Chapman during a change of command ceremony with Major General Donald Wurster, vice

  • Commando doc wins AF award

    A flight surgeon with the 1st Special Operations Wing won an Air Force-level award. Capt. Ryan Freeland was awarded the Air Force Flight Surgeon of the Year for 2006 during a ceremony in New Orleans, La. "Captain Freeland's contributions have been exemplary, reflecting the highest standards of

  • Air Commandos field Predators

    May 31 marked a historic day for Air Force Special Operations Command as the 3rd Special Operations Squadron, located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., absorbed equipment and personnel from Air Combat Command. The 3rd SOS currently employs the MQ-1 Predator in support of Special Operations Forces in