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  • 353rd SOG deploys alongside Marines at RIMPAC 2016

    The 353rd Special Operations Group and III Marine Expeditionary Force joined forces to deploy approximately 22 special tactics Airmen and eight Marines to integrate into the world's largest international warfare exercise here, July 8.

  • Air Commandos complete exercise in New Zealand

    Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the New Zealand Defense Force participated in Teak Net 16-1 exercise June 12-30 at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland, Whenuapai, New Zealand.

  • ANG director visits CV-22 squadron

    Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, director of the Air National Guard, met with senior leaders and observed CV-22 Osprey maintenance during his visit to Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 7, 2016. Rice came to Hurlburt Field to get an overview on Guard involvement in Air Force Special Operations Command.

  • AFSOC hosts aircrew chemical decontamination exercise

    Air Force Special Operations Command’s operations directorate ran a realistic, scenario-based, training program for 16 aircrew flight equipment Airmen who rehearsed the actions and techniques of protecting aircrews from incapacitating contamination when operating in a chemical, biological,

  • New command chief rumored to work 24/7

    Chief Master Sgt. Gregory Smith recently stepped into the top enlisted job for Air Force Special Operations Command. His career and personal trajectory includes several assignments with the command and a two-year battle with leukemia.

  • AFSOC aviator named first chief technology officer

    A retired aviator stepped into a new role recently as overseer of synchronization of all Air Force Special Operations Command systems and technology efforts. Todd Wieser, a retired MH-35 Pave Low helicopter pilot, is AFSOC’s new chief technology officer.

  • Former vice commander takes reins of the 1st SOW

    Col. Tom Palenske took command of the 1st Special Operations Wing during a change of command ceremony, here, June 10. Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, presided over the ceremony in which Palenske, the former vice commander of the 1st SOW, assumed command

  • 352nd SOW Airman performs heroic act to save a life

    Superman, Batman and Spiderman are a few names that come to mind when asked who is a hero. For one man, that hero’s name is Nathan Rhoden. On February 27, 2016, like any normal day, a British student pilot was flying in a Microlight aircraft for the first time on his own at the Peterborough