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  • EW 25.2: AFSOC heightens warfighting readiness during landmark DLE series

    Air Force Special Operations Command tested its warfighting readiness during Emerald Warrior 25.2, the command’s premier operational exercise held across Arizona and California from July 21 – Aug. 11, 2025.EW 25.2 was part of the first-in-a-generation Department Level Exercise series, incorporating

  • AFSOC demonstrates flexible force presentation during EW 25.2

    During Emerald Warrior 25.2, Air Force Special Operations Command validated its Special Operations Task Group and Special Operations Task Unit (SOTU) force presentation, demonstrating its ability to deliver flexible and focused capabilities across the spectrum of warfighting functions.

  • Emerald Warrior proves AFSOC's agile combat readiness

    The Air Commandos of Air Force Special Operations Command are preparing to operate in contested environments during Emerald Warrior 25.2, held in multiple locations across Arizona and California, July 21 – Aug. 11, 2025. This iteration of Emerald Warrior, part of the Department of the Air Force’s

  • AFSOC to host EXERCISE EMERALD WARRIOR 25.2

    Air Force Special Operations Command will host the next iteration of the Emerald Warrior exercise from July 21 – August 11, 2025, at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and multiple locations across Arizona and California.  Emerald Warrior 25.2 takes place as part of the Department of the Air

  • 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

  • MQ-9 Reaper lands at Hurlburt for Emerald Flag

    The Reaper, assigned to the 27th Special Operations Group, traveled from Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico to Austere Field #6, Florida, before arriving at Hurlburt Field. As part of Emerald Flag, an annual joint-service exercise, the flight aimed to test the remotely piloted aircraft’s ability to

  • Exercise Gryphon Thunder Showcases ACE Across the Pacific

    Fully-vaccinated members from 353rd Special Operations Wing deployed from Okinawa, Japan to Hawaii, where they practiced establishing refueling capabilities, maintenance operations, and personnel/equipment drops alongside conventional Air Force partners and joint military partners in the Army,

  • AFSOC joins Michigan ANG, ACC in conducting historic highway landing

    ALPENA, Michigan-- Air Force Special Operations Command units, including Special Tactics Airmen from the 24th Special Operations Wing, as well as C-146A Wolfhound aircraft assigned to the 492nd and 919th Special Operations Wings, participated in the first ever intentional landing of modern aircraft