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  • New 1st SOW commander arrives Tuesday

    Col. Marshall "Brad" Webb will assume command of the 1st Special Operations Wing from Col Norman Brozenick Jr. during a ceremony 9 a.m. Tuesday in Freedom Hangar. Colonel Brozenick leaves the commander's position for a job as deputy director of studies and analyses, assessments and lessons learned,

  • Observe fireworks safety everyday

    Family cookouts, vacations and fireworks are just a few things we look forward to during our Independence Day celebrations. The glowing sparklers, the popping of firecrackers and that loud thud as a mortar travels through the air make our hearts race with anticipation to see what the next explosion

  • AFSOC Sharpens a New “DAGRE”

    Special operations security forces are upgrading their training to protect high risk aircraft in deployed locations. Handpicked members of security forces squadrons from all over Air Force Special Operations Command are participating in a new training program called DAGRE (Deployed Aircraft Ground

  • 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