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  • CV-22 accident investigation report released

    Air Force Special Operations Command officials released the results of the investigation of the CV-22B Osprey mishap November 29, 2023, near Yakushima, Japan.The aircraft, assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 353rd Special Operations Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, was participating in

  • CSAF’s Integrating Risk and Readiness campaign kicks off

    The U.S. Air Force kicks off the Risk and Readiness Campaign on August 1, stemming from the need to drive understanding that to win in our future fight, we must better prepare all Airmen to make risk-informed decisions, and to subsequently drive improved decision making at all levels. Active duty

  • Air Commando helps bring closure to POW/MIA families

    In 2023, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Hile, an EOD team leader assigned to the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineering Squadron at Cannon AFB, New Mexico, spent six weeks on a DPAA mission to Laos People's Democratic Republic to recover the remains of two Air Force pilots who went missing in

  • Photo Story: Maj. Gen. Trevino visits 27th SOCONS

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Alice Treviño, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, visited the 27th Special Operations Contracting Squadron on July 24, 2024.

  • AFSOC bids farewell to Command Executive Director

    Air Commandos throughout Air Force Special Operations Command bid farewell to Mr. Donald Plater, AFSOC executive director, July 26 here, as he prepares to retire. Plater, a member of the Senior Executive Service, served more than five years with the command and possesses a combined 51 years of

  • 919th SOW trains on Gunship in Alaska

    The 5th Special Operations Squadron deployed a reserve gunship crew operating the AC-130J Ghostrider weapons system with support from active duty maintenance specialists to Alaska to simulate real life logistical challenges and hone in on their training requirements in an unfamiliar environment.

  • US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visits the 21st SOS

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, engaged and recognized Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing, 21st Special Operations Squadron, 21st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 353rd Special Operations Wing. During his visit he emphasized