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  • Special Tactics Airmen learn to breathe underwater

    Special Tactics Training Squadron students underwent pre-scuba training at Hurlburt Field, June 29, 2016.The training familiarizes trainees with the basics of water operations. The trainees perform tasks such as tying knots underwater, learning how to stay afloat without their arms and hands, and

  • Special operations medical Airmen save lives at sea

    Members of a special operations surgical team assigned to the 720th Special Tactics Group here worked to save the lives of two critically-burned fishermen rescued 500 miles off the coast of Bermuda, June 22.The fishermen had been stranded when their vessel caught fire, and the Special Tactics

  • 58th SOW welcomes new commander

    The 58th Special Operations Wing welcomed a new commander at a change of command ceremony here June 27.Col. Brenda Cartier took the helm of the wing. Cartier comes to Kirtland from Hurlburt Field, Florida, where she was vice commander of the Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center."I'm

  • Heithold speaks at Directed Energy summit

    Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, speaks at the Directed Energy summit recently in Washington D.C. Heithold said the AC-130W gunships at Cannon AFB, New Mexico, has been designated as the first host aircraft for a high-energy laser. (Courtesy photo)

  • 2014 Repelling Mishap GAIB Results Released

    The Ground Accident Investigation Board for an Airman fatally injured in a repelling mishap in 2014 was released on June 13.On Oct. 21, 2014, Tech. Sgt. Sean Barton, a pararescueman assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, impacted a metal beam inside a tower while belaying on the internal

  • Gone chuting from C-145 Skytruck

    A parachuted bundle sweeps out of the back of a C-145 Skytruck during an airdrop mission over the Eglin Air Force Base range. New and prior-qualified loadmasters dropped training bundles from the 919th Special Operations Wing aircraft to as part of their initial airdrop or proficiency training.