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  • Hurlburt immortalizes MH-53 in air park

    MH-53 PAVE LOW IV helicopter 68-10928 is a worldly aircraft. It has been to Laos and across Western Europe; it has been war-worn and stuck in the mud in Thailand; it has served proudly in the desserts of Iraq. And at a ceremony Dec. 3 it found its final resting place in the Hurlburt Field air park.

  • Boxers put down gloves, visit Hurlburt Field Airmen

    World renowned boxing promoter extraordinaire Don King, five-time boxing world champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad and eight-time boxing world champion Roy Jones Jr., ignited a spark of excitement within Airmen while touring Hurlburt Field Dec. 5. The tour, entitled "We Care," is part of a stateside base

  • Cannon AFB dedicates memorial to fallen Airman

    The 27th Special Operations Civil Engineering Squadron dedicated a memorial Dec. 3 to Capt. Kermit Evans Sr., an explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) technician who died in Iraq last year. The memorial ceremony, held at 27th SOCES headquarters, took place on the one-year anniversary of his

  • Lions, tigers and AFSOC, oh my!

    There was an unusual sound at the Gulf Breeze Zoo Nov. 20. Amidst the roars of the lions and calls of the siamong monkeys, a chainsaw wailed as members of the Air Force Special Operations Forces Air Operations Center from Hurlburt Field sliced through logs as part of a unit volunteer project. "It's

  • Air Force Special Operations Command welcomes new commander

    Air Force Special Operations Command ushered in a new commander today in Freedom Hangar at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Lt. Gen. Donny Wurster assumed command of AFSOC from Lt. Gen. Mike Wooley, during a ceremony presided over by Gen. Duncan McNabb, Air Force vice chief of staff. "It's with the deepest

  • Thirty-five year career on final approach

    A flying career spanning 35 years came in for its final approach today when the Air Force Special Operations Command commander landed here following his finis, or final, flight. Lt. Gen. Mike Wooley took off from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., in an AC-130H gunship and approximately three and one-half

  • 1st SOMDG awards first OIF Bronze Star

    History was made in the 1st Special Operations Medical Group Monday when Lt. Col. Cheryl Scaglione, 1st Special Operations Medical Operations Squadron behavioral health flight commander, became the first group member awarded the Bronze Star for service during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Colonel