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Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fa

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, left, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, center, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, attend the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen rucked from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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What is AFSOC?

Air Force Special Operations Command is the Special Operations side of the Air Force and the Air Force side of Special Operations Command

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) provides Air Force special operations forces for worldwide deployment and assignment to regional unified commands. The command's Special Operations Forces (SOF) are composed of highly trained, rapidly deployable Airmen, conducting global special operations missions ranging from precision application of firepower to infiltration, exfiltration, resupply and refueling of SOF operational elements.