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  • 15th SOS members clinch lessons learned award

    A team from the 15th Special Operations Squadron earned the 2014 Gen. Kenney Award for lessons learned in the development of tactics. The Aerial Delivery Mission Planning Team spent more than two years developing a plan that would improve the accuracy of dropping cargo to troops on the ground. The award is presented on behalf of the Air Force A9

  • CV-22 leader receives prestigious award

    Lt. Col. Travis Hill, 8th Special Operations Squadron commander, received the Office of Strategic Services John Singlaub Award during the William J. Donovan Dinner in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24."If it were up to him he would rather his service be unchronicled, giving all the credit to his fellow Airmen and Special Operations Forces brethren,” said
  • Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James enters the Riptide Dining Facility at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 21, 2014. James met with Airmen and toured various facilities here to familiarize herself with Air Commando operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krystal M. Garrett)

    SecAF learns how Hurlburt Air Commandos operate

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James learned how Air Commandos operate during a visit to Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 20-21. James said she is making her way to bases across the Air Force to familiarize herself with various missions and discuss her priorities with Airmen. “If you look back at our 67-year history, today we are the smallest Air
  • Johnnie Yellock, retired Staff Sgt. and 23rd Special Tactics Squadron combat controller, poses for a photo after completing the SCUBA-Pool Emergency Procedures training on Hurlburt Field, Fla. Oct. 21, 2014. The training was the first time Yellock has attempted scuba diving since a deployment to Afghanistan in 2011, where he suffered serious injuries from an improvised explosive device. The explosion resulted in open fractures and lost portions of bones in both of his lower extremities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kentavist P. Brackin)

    Wounded warrior takes on various challenges, strives

    Retired Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock participated in SCUBA-Pool Emergency Procedures training at the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron Center on Hurlburt Field, Fla. Oct. 21, 2014.The training is commonly used as a refresher to familiarize Airmen with life support equipment not used in daily activities, and highlight the dangers associated with a
  • Senior Airman Laura Kinglocke, assigned to the 1st Special Operations Aerospace Medicine Squadron, is a medical technician with the 1st Special Operations Medical Group on Hurlburt Field. Kinglocke responded to a major accident on U.S. Highway 98 and saved the life of a motorcyclist Oct. 17, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey)

    Air Commando assists in motorcycle accident

    On Oct. 17, Senior Airman Laura Kinglocke, 1st Special Operations Aerospace Medicine Squadron medical technician, witnessed a motorcycle crash when motorcyclist Donald Dancer was thrown from his bike and onto the side of the road, potentially into traffic, on U.S. Highway 98.Kinglocke was the first medical personnel to arrive on scene.“I stopped

  • Hurlburt welcomes Airmen with open arms

    Hurlburt Field leadership and the 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron have established recent programs to ensure that new Air Commandos transition smoothly into the special operations community here. The new Commando Welcome Center held its grand opening Sept. 15. The center is focused on showing newcomers and their families that they are
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