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Aug. 4, 2024
AFSOC demonstrates ACE with historic highway landing

In a historic first, Air Force Special Operations Command successfully landed an AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship on Highway 63 in Bono, Arkansas, on August 4, 2024. This operation was part of a broader exercise, Emerald Warrior Field Training Exercise II, designed to showcase AFSOC’s Agile Combat
July 29, 2024
AFSOC to host second iteration of Emerald Warrior 24

Air Force Special Operations Command is hosting a second iteration of the Emerald Warrior exercise this year from July 29 – August 18, 2024.
July 2, 2024
General Conley takes command of Air Force Special Operations Command

Lt. Gen. Michael Conley assumed command of Air Force Special Operations Command from Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind in a change of command ceremony at the Freedom Hangar here July 2.
July 1, 2024
Conley promoted to lieutenant general ahead of AFSOC change of command

Air Commandos, family, and friends gathered here to honor Brig. Gen. Michael Conley, director of operations for Air Force Special Operations Command, as he was promoted to lieutenant general by Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, AFSOC commander, July 1, in preparation to his assumption of command July 2.
March 3, 2024
COMAFSOC delivers closing remarks at SAWS

Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, Commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, delivered a keynote speech concluding the Special Air Warfare Symposium on Feb. 29, 2024 at the Fort Walton Beach Convention Center.
Jan. 9, 2024
371st Special Operations Combat Training Squadron increases reach, brings training to audience

Members of the 371st Special Operations Combat Training Squadron Mobile Training Team (MTT), brought the new Special Operations Task Unit-192 course to a mission sustainment team assigned to Cannon Air Force Base last quarter.Over the course of a month, 371st SOCTS executed two iterations of
Oct. 24, 2023
Foreign Air Attachés visit AFSOC

Air Force Special Operations Command welcomed Air Attachés from 12 various allied and partner nations to Hurlburt Field, Florida, October 23, 2023. Attaché tours are a key function of the Department of the Air Force Foreign Liaison Office, which organizes the engagements to enhance partners’
Sept. 22, 2023
SecDef’s oldest outreach program visits Hurlburt Field

Thirty five members of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference’s 94th iteration visited Hurlburt Field Sept. 21 to learn about the contributions Air Force Special Operations Command provides to the Joint Force. Air Force Day for JCOC began at AFSOC Headquarters with participants learning the
Aug. 22, 2023
New Mexico Senators and Air Force leadership visit Cannon AFB to speak with community leaders

New Mexico Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan, the Honorable Dr. Ravi Chaudhary, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations and Environment, and Air Force Special Operations Command leadership, Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind and Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green visited Cannon
Aug. 14, 2023
AFSOC hosts 2023 Weapons and Tactics Conference

AFSOC held the 2023 Weapons and Tactics Conference led by the command’s Operations directorate, 2-11 Aug. Weapons and tactics experts from across the AFSOC enterprise gathered to participate in mission focused working groups to produce warfighter driven solutions to tactical problems. The conference