Aug. 30, 2017 Oklahoma Air National Guard wing sends aid to neighbor state for Hurricane Harvey About 40 Airmen from the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s 137th Special Operations Wing departed Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2017, to support the Texas Military Department and Texas Emergency Management in relief efforts following Hurricane Harvey.
Aug. 30, 2017 123rd STS, Kentucky ANG deploy troops for Hurricane Harvey rescue Forty-three additional Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard departed for Texas yesterday to assist with Hurricane Harvey rescue operations, including aeromedical evacuations.An eight-person assessment team from the 123rd Contingency Response Group deployed aboard a Kentucky Air Guard C-130
Aug. 29, 2017 23rd SOWS absorbs former 1st SOSS weather flight The base weather flight transferred from the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron to the 23rd Special Operations Weather Squadron in a merger designed to increase Special Operations Forces’ capabilities on the home front and downrange.
Aug. 25, 2017 Media reporters get taste of Air Commando life Media reporters were invited to Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Aug. 21, 2017 to gather insight on how Cannon prepares its Air Commandos for deployments, as well as experience low-level flight patterns with the 9th Special Operations Squadron.
Aug. 24, 2017 Pearl Harbor survivor speaks to Air Commandos “How do we react to anything out of our comfort zone? With resiliency.”At 104 years old, retired Navy Lt. Jim Downing, the second oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor, understands what it takes to overcome adversity, as he told his life story during a special event here, Aug. 10, 2017.
Aug. 23, 2017 Special Tactics trainees attend combat diving course Airmen attending the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center go through dive training with the goal of enabling the safe, timely and effective training of qualified candidates for combined operations in support of national military strategy and national security. Though they are not directly
Aug. 22, 2017 Special Tactics simulates chaos, combat in Estonian village Combat controllers sprint through the small, rustic village bearing plate carriers and radios, ducking behind buildings for cover, calling in coordinates and relaying information to the ground force commander. The citizens were imagined as enemy combatants, the village homes into targets for
Aug. 22, 2017 Lt. Gen. Brad Webb visits European Air Commandos The leader of Air Force Special Operations Command visited this week Air Commandos stationed here.Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, AFSOC commander, regularly breaks away from the headquarters for an eyes-on appraisal of operations, Airmen and facilities.During this trip to RAF Mildenhall, the general spent time
Aug. 21, 2017 U-28A accident investigation board results released Air Force Special Operations Command officials released the results of their investigation into the March 14, 2017 U-28A aircraft accident near Clovis Municipal Airport that killed three Airmen onboard.
Aug. 14, 2017 Ohio highway dedicated to SOF hero Six miles of County Highway 121 near Greenville, Ohio, was dedicated Aug. 14 in honor of Master Sgt. William L. McDaniel II, a Special Tactics pararescueman who was killed Feb, 22, 2002, in an MH-47 Chinook helicopter crash in the Philippines.