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  • AFSOC honors outstanding Air Commandos

    Air Commandos gathered to honor their top performers during the Outstanding Airmen and civilians of the Year banquet June 27 at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The OAY banquet is an annual celebration honoring the best Airmen and civilians in Air Force Special Operations Command. Supervisors nominated

  • AFSOC welcomes "Draco" to the fleet

    After more than 13 years in service, the U-28A intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft officially received approval in May for the naming convention of “Draco”. Draco is the Latin term for dragon. Most aircraft commonly have a name after their numerical designation, such as CV-22

  • Female Air Commando promoted to brigadier general

    Brig. Gen. Brenda Cartier, Air Force Special Operations Command’s first female selected for promotion to the rank of a general officer, was promoted June 14 at a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Cartier now serves as AFSOC’s director of operations.

  • 352d SOW welcomes new commander

    Col. Clay Freeman accepted command of the 352d Special Operations Wing from Col. Matthew Smith during a change of command at RAF Mildenhall, England June 13, 2019.In his last assignment, Freeman served as the Air Force Special Operations Command chief of staff at Hurlburt Field, Florida.The ceremony

  • Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman memorialized at Pope Army Airfield

    Master Sgt. John Chapman was commemorated during a Medal of Honor dedication at Pope Army Airfield on May 30.A life-size figure of Chapman, a hand-drawn portrait and a replica of his Medal of Honor were unveiled and placed on permanent display at the Benini Heritage Center, a nationally-recognized

  • NASCAR honors fallen Special Tactics Airman

    Family members and teammates of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin attend the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Miles of Remembrance race on May 26, 2019, Concord, North Carolina. Elchin, a Special Tactics combat controller, was killed in action when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Ghazni

  • SOST member awarded Bronze Star Medal for life-saving actions

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J Hall, a Special Operations Surgical Team surgical technician with the 720th Operations Support Squadron, receives the Bronze Star Medal from U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kevin Webb, the director of operations for SOST, during a presentation ceremony at the Gordon Center for

  • AFSOC holds Run to Honor 5k run/ruck for fallen Airmen

    Air Force Special Operations Command hosted the annual Run to Honor 5k run/ruck at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 10, 2019. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Forrest Sibley was killed in action in Afghanistan while assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. The

  • Air Force transitions enlisted specialty, grows Special Tactics capabilities

    Enlisted Airmen have been analyzing weather since the very beginning of American military flight in 1917. Decades of hard-earned experience led to Special Operations Weather Team Airmen being designated with their own Air Force Specialty Code in 2008.By combining the core skills of Special Operation