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  • 'Hands go, hands come': An Airman's journey from Ghana to graduation

    “There were bushfires and famine; people were dying of hunger—it was horrible.”Growing up in Ghana, Staff Sgt. Barfi’s younger years were marked by conflict and adversity, but it was not the challenges that defined him rather, it was the kindness of strangers that shaped the course of his

  • Gundam 22 U.S. – Japan Friendship Memorial: One year on from Yakushima

    Approximately 100 military and civilian personnel from the United States and Japan gathered at the Yakushima Town Hall Nov. 29, 2024 to attend a ceremony dedicating a cenotaph to the eight heroes who died when their CV-22B Osprey went down just off the coast of the island last year and the joint

  • Air Commandos Remember the Crew of GUNDAM-22 on First Anniversary

    Nov 29, 2024, marks one year since a CV-22 Osprey, assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Wing, crashed near Yakushima, Japan, while participating in a joint interoperability exercise resulting in the loss of the eight crew members aboard. Air Commandos, family, friends, and community members

  • AFSOC pathfinding fuel efficient technology

    Air Force Special Operations Command, in partnership with Air Force Operational Energy and the Defense Innovation Unit, is testing drag reduction technology to enhance combat capability to mitigate operational risk to the warfighter.

  • 27 SOW leadership serves Air Commandos annual Thanksgiving meal

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Christopher Dozler, 27th Special Operations Force Support Squadron commander, and other leaders from across the 27th Special Operations Wing prepare to serve a Thanksgiving holiday meal at the Pecos Trail Dining Facility, Nov. 21, 2024. Leadership from the 27th SOW gave back to

  • 27th SOMDG merges clinics to improve medical access

    The 27th Special Operations Medical Group merged two flights in November to increase access to patient care for Air Commandos and their families here.The Clinical Medicine Flight, which includes family medicine and ambulatory services, is now combined with the Maternal Child and Specialty Flight,

  • WRANGB home to OA-1K Formal Training Unit

    On Nov 15, 2024, the 17th Special Operations Squadron hosted a ceremony to publicly observe its alignment under the 492d Special Operations Wing and reassignment to become the formal training unit for Air Force Special Operations Command’s newest aircraft, the OA-1K.

  • Developing a new generation of weapons officers

    Developing leaders, integrators, and instructors of instructors is the 14th Weapons Squadron’s directive at Hurlburt Field, Florida.Recently, students completed their capstone special operations forces exercise in November, certifying joint-minded weapons instructors for multi-domain operations.