Nov. 21, 2022 Fall 2022 SOCMID FTX U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen execute Fall 2022 Special Operations Center for Medical Integration and Development culminating field training exercise in Birmingham, Alabama, Nov. 17, 2022.
May 13, 2019 Air Force transitions enlisted specialty, grows Special Tactics capabilities Enlisted Airmen have been analyzing weather since the very beginning of American military flight in 1917. Decades of hard-earned experience led to Special Operations Weather Team Airmen being designated with their own Air Force Specialty Code in 2008.By combining the core skills of Special Operation
March 4, 2019 Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fallen brethren Aches, blisters, exhaustion, pain…830 miles, five states, 11 days…are a minute price to pay to honor the fallen. The push to continue on for these Air Commandos come from their communities’ legacy of never forgetting a fallen comrade, from the pride instilled within themselves, and from reaching
Feb. 28, 2019 Behind the scenes of the Special Tactics Memorial March Alongside highways and back roads of the southern U.S. states, there are two Special Tactics Airmen trekking in the name of their fallen brethren killed in combat. What most people won’t see, is the Individual Duty Medical Technicians putting moleskin on painful blisters, or the communication Airman
Feb. 24, 2019 17th STS dedicates building to late TACP operator The life and legacy of an Air Force Special Operations Command tactical air control party operator was forever cemented into Special Tactics and Fort Benning history with a building dedication in his namesake. On Feb. 21, 2014, U.S. Air Force Joshua M. Gavulic, who was an ST TACP operator with the
Feb. 22, 2019 11-day, 830-mile ruck march honors fallen special tactics Airmen Twenty special tactics Airmen began an 11-day ruck march at 2:00 a.m. Feb. 22 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Medina Annex, Texas, and will be traveling 830 miles to Hurlburt Field, Florida. The Airmen are rucking to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin, who was killed in Afghanistan Nov. 27,
Feb. 21, 2019 U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen plan 830-mile ruck in honor of fallen Twenty Special Tactics Airmen will ruck from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, a Special Tactics combat controller, who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who
Feb. 8, 2019 Commander of Special Tactics enterprise promoted to brigadier general Hundreds of family, friends and teammates gathered as U.S. Air Force Col. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony Feb. 8, here.
Jan. 24, 2019 ‘Til Valhalla’: Special Tactics combat controller laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery Known for his grit, loyalty, unwavering character, and the author of quick-witted military cadences, often referred to as “jodies,” Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin was tough, dedicated, and easy going—often making light of difficult situations.He was a good teammate, a selfless friend and a true patriot who
Jan. 11, 2019 Special Warfare TISC opens doors to solve tomorrow’s problems, dedicated to ST founder The Special Warfare Technical Integration Support Center opened its doors during a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony in Fort Walton Beach, Jan. 11, as the newly named Col. John T. Carney Center of Excellence.With the name of “Coach” Carney embodied within the 25,000 square foot facility, the