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  • 27 SOG, DET 2 Conducts Initial local Flight

    Members of the 27th Special Operations Group, Detachment 2 generated their first local flight of the newly acquired AC-130J Ghostrider gunship aircraft Aug. 19, 2021. The flight helped the crew familiarize themselves with the aircraft and its capabilites.

  • AFSOC announces selectees for 2nd Civilian Development Program

    Air Force Special Operations Command completed its 2nd Civilian Development Program board July 16, 2021 here.This program is designed to deliberately develop our civilian workforce to enable AFSOC to successfully meet contemporary security challenges as defined in the 2021 Interim National Security

  • 492 SOW, Det. 1: small unit, vast impacts

    Electromagnetic Warfare (EW).Chances are, unless you’re somehow involved in the EW community, you’re not likely familiar with what EW is.Previously known as ‘Electronic Warfare’, Electromagnetic Warfare is a military action in which forces use reception and transmission of electromagnetic energy to

  • 23rd SOWS: Hurricane prepared with a global impact

    The National Hurricane Center and the 23rd Special Operation Weather Squadron are currently monitoring Hurricane “X” located southwest of the area of responsibility. This system will slowly begin to curve north and northeast before it makes landfall over Alabama Wednesday morning. The expansive wind

  • 492d SOW POTFF team leads way with neurofeedback capabilities

    Have you ever wondered how the brain ticks, or even more precisely, how your own neurons are firing? The 492d Special Operations Wing Preservation of the Force and Family, or POTFF, is now helping service members discover how to improve their cognitive abilities through a process called

  • The Future is Now

    27 SOAMXS Innovation Cell Looks to Introduce Fatigue-Combatting Exoskeletons.

  • 1st SOSS, 417th FLTS conduct Operation Blood Rain

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron and the 417th Flight Test Squadron conduct Operation Blood Rain at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 5, 2021. Operation Blood Rain is a research project in support of United States Special Operations Command, testing the

  • AFSOC joins Michigan ANG, ACC in conducting historic highway landing

    ALPENA, Michigan-- Air Force Special Operations Command units, including Special Tactics Airmen from the 24th Special Operations Wing, as well as C-146A Wolfhound aircraft assigned to the 492nd and 919th Special Operations Wings, participated in the first ever intentional landing of modern aircraft