April 22, 2021 Cannon Hosts Second Reaper Smoke Event Members from 25 remotely-piloted aircraft squadrons from across the Air Force, including Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Combat Command, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units, came to Cannon Air Force Base to compete in the 2nd Annual Reaper Smoke Competition and Symposium from
April 8, 2021 New proficiency exercise streamlines training for CAAs Combat Aviation Advisors from the 711th Special Operations Squadron employed a new method to accomplish annual training requirements. The squadron’s first ever two-week long Proficiency Exercise in March combined specialized training scenarios that took place at locations across the Eglin Range.
March 4, 2021 AFSOC’s Next-Gen Emerald Warrior Each year, Air Force Special Operations Command takes on the all-important role as host for U.S. Special Operations Command’s exercise Emerald Warrior, a joint exercise which brings together U.S. special operations and conventional forces and those of its international partners and allies to prepare
Feb. 22, 2021 SOLRS Airmen support the aerial delivery mission The 919th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron has a team of aerial transportation specialists who provide for the aerial delivery mission. They assist our aerial training missions, total force partners, and partner nations by packing, rigging, transporting, and collecting cargo for
Feb. 19, 2021 AFSOC commander visits 919th SOW The 919th Special Operations Wing hosted U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Cory Olson, command chief of AFSOC at Duke Field, Fla., Feb. 6, 2021.
Feb. 18, 2021 AFSOC Hosts Emerald Warrior 21 Air Force Special Operations Command is hosting this year’s Emerald Warrior exercise at multiple locations from February 16 to March 5. This joint exercise provides realistic and relevant training to prepare special operations forces, conventional forces, and international partners for crises and
Feb. 17, 2021 AFSOC Cyber Squadron Initiative: Arming for the 21st century battle Air Force Special Operations Command hosted a Mission Defense Team Conference, Feb. 2-5, 2021, focusing on identifying the organic cyber capabilities needed to protect missions against threats in, through, and from cyberspace.Gen. David Goldfein, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, signed the
Jan. 13, 2021 Director of Security Forces, deputy chief of staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection visits AFSOC Brigadier General Roy Collins, director of Security Forces, deputy chief of staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, visited Hurlburt Field Jan. 11 to gain familiarity of Air Force Special Operations Command’s security, force protection and special tactics efforts.The general was
Jan. 11, 2021 AFSOCs historic first PTN team takes flight For the first time in Air Force Special Operations Command history, two new graduates from the Air Education and Training Command’s Pilot Training Next (PTN), served as aircraft commander and co-pilot on a mission sortie.
Dec. 15, 2020 AFSOC IG conducts first no-notice inspection Air Force Special Operations Command’s Inspector General team conducted its first no-notice inspection since 2013, Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, 2020, on the 1st Special Operations Wing.