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  • CCTs refine shooting techniques during Advanced Skills Training

    Combat controllers fire at their targets March 29, 2017 at the Fire and Pistol Club on Hurlburt Field, Fla. Their motto "First There," reaffirms their commitment to undertake the most dangerous missions behind enemy lines. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melanie Holochwost)

  • AFSOC vice commander completes 'fini' flight

    The vice commander for Air Force Special Operations Command flew his 'fini' flight in a CV-22 Osprey here March 24, 2017.Maj. Gen. Eugene Haase will culminate 34 years of service in a retirement ceremony April 10. Final or “fini flights” are a military aviation tradition which marks a pilot’s

  • Air Commandos practice free fall over Mildenhall

    Air Commandos assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron executed a military free fall from a CV-22 Osprey and MC-130J Commando II, March 17, 2017, over RAF Mildenhall, England. Military free fall is an alternative method of insertion Special Operations Forces use when landing a military

  • SERE conducts water survival training

    Aircrews maintain proficiency in water survival skills with tutelage by survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists with the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron at Hurlburt Field.

  • Emerald Warrior 17 comes to a close

    After two successful weeks of irregular warfare training, Emerald Warrior 2017 ended March 10.Approximately 1,600 conventional and special operations forces (SOF) from the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Diplomatic Security Service Mobile Security Deployments participated in the 10th

  • CV-22 SMA versatility vital to mission success

    The versatility of the CV-22 Osprey sets a well-known standard for Special Operations Forces (SOF). Lesser known is the flexibility which extends beyond the aircraft’s unique capabilities to the Airmen who employ it.Two of the Osprey’s four crew positions are manned by enlisted special mission

  • Relocation brings ISR cryptologic operator training, aircraft together again

    The 306th Intelligence Squadron made a big move Mar. 6 from sunny California to the Sooner State. The move, to Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, aligns with Air Force Special Operations’ effort to collocate the ISR active-duty training mission with Air National Guard operational