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  • Air Commandos kick off TFX Olympus Archer

    More than 230 Air Commandos and seven aircraft with the 1st Special Operations Wing arrived here, for Task Force Exercise Olympus Archer, Aug. 15. Full Mission Profiles began Aug. 18, with aircrews teaming up with members of the 21st Special Tactics Squadron and 1st Special Operations Medical Group

  • SOF community adds tools to analyze geographic information

    Fourteen students from the Air Force Special Operations Command and the Army learned to analyze geographic information to get a better image of battlefield operations during a geographic information systems course here Aug. 1-5.AFSOC hosted a Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems course

  • Calm in the chaos: CCT students under pressure in tactics exercise

    Rumbling down a dirt road in a Medium Tactical Vehicle cargo truck, a team of special operators quietly awaits for chaos to ensue.  The truck grinds to a halt in an intersection in the forest. It’s clear why in a second: a voice squawks over the radio that a roadside bomb rendered their truck

  • ST Squadron endures continuous deployment

    Airmen with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron returned home to friends and family following an extended deployment supporting OPERATION FREEDOM’S SENTINEL, in early August, -- the squadron’s nearly 50th deployment since 9/11. After the team had already served their full deployment, they willingly

  • Hurlburt chapel host resiliency date night for Air Commandos

    The 1st SOW Chaplain Corps has begun a new program called the Marriage & Family Resiliency Program to support Airmen and their family members by helping them develop personal strengths and protective factors to guard their relationships.

  • SOCEUR leadership team visits 352nd SOW

    U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark C. Schwartz and U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Petty Officer Andrew Harrison, Special Operations Command-Europe Commander and Senior Enlisted Leader, visited the 352nd Special Operations Wing on Aug. 1, 2016, at RAF Mildenhall, England.The purpose of the visit was for the

  • AFSOC Airman trains to be better in the long-run

    Airmen learn quite a bit during their eight-week basicmilitary training. They learn attention to detail, basic combat skills and more,but, overall – discipline. In 2009, as trainee Benjamin Glenn participated in mandatoryruns at BMT, he learned something else about himself.“(That’s) when I found

  • 58th SOW says goodbye to Talon II

    A mainstay aircraft at the 58th Special Operations Wing since its arrival in 1992, the MC-130H Combat Talon II is no more. The last Talon II, tail number 1699, departed for the 19th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., this morning. As the sun rose on the Kirtland flightline, it also

  • Future officers forfeit summer to train with Special Tactics

    During the summer, most college students are enjoying a much-needed break from their studies or working a part-time job to pay for school. Instead, nearly 50 Air Force ROTC cadets across the nation chose to push through grueling workouts and leadership challenges during a week-long Special Tactics