AFSOC Units

1st Special Operations Wing

Hurlburt Field, Florida

Pivotal component of AFSOC's ability to provide airpower to conduct special operations missions worldwide. Primary mission is to rapidly plan and execute specialized and contingency operations in support of national priorities.

Commander: Colonel Patrick T. Dierig
Command Chief: Vacant

24th Special Operations Wing

Hurlburt Field, Florida

Primary mission of 24 SOW is to provide Special Tactics forces for rapid global employment to enable air power success. The 24 SOW is SOCOM's tactical air-ground integration force and the Air Force's special operations ground force to enable Global Access, Precision Strike, Personnel Recovery and Battlefield Surgery.

Commander: Colonel Daniel L. Magruder Jr., PHD
Acting Command Chief: Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Smith

27th Special Operations Wing

Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico

The 27th Special Operations Wing's core missions include close air support, agile combat support, information operations, precision strike, forward presence and engagement, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, and specialized mobility.

Commander: Colonel Robert L. Johnston
Command Chief: Chief Master Sgt. Colin A. Fleck

352nd Special Operations Wing

Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England

As the only Air Force special operations unit in the European Theater, the 352 SOW executes specialized airpower and air-ground integration in support of AFSOC and Special Operations Command-Europe objectives.

Commander: Colonel Mark McGill
Command Chief: Chief Master Sgt. Ralph E. Oliver

353rd Special Operations Wing

Kadena Air Base, Japan

The 353rd SOW is the focal point for special operations aviation activities throughout the Pacific. Under operational control of the commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, the wing plans and executes general war and contingency operations using advanced aircraft, tactics and techniques.

Commander: Colonel Shawn V. Young
Command Chief: Chief Master Sgt. Alex J. Eudy

492nd Special Operations Wing

Hurlburt Field, Florida

The 492nd Special Operations Wing is currently transforming from a training wing into an AFSOC power projection wing capable of executing SOF strike; SOF mobility; SOF intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and SOF air-to-ground integration.

Commander: Colonel Patrick V. Wnetrzak
Command Chief: Chief Master Sgt. Thomas J. Gunnell

137th Special Operations Wing

Will Rogers ANG Base, Oklahoma

A force provider for geographic combatant commanders, special operations command, theatre special operations commanders and task forces with manned intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, close air support, agile combat support, cyber, and aeromedical evacuation.

Commander: Colonel Shelby L. Dreyer
Command Chief: Chief Master Sgt. Lawrence M. Desalle

193rd Special Operations Wing

Harrisburg International Airport, Pennsylvania

Provides highly trained, multi-capable, relevant, and resilient combat and support forces…anytime, anywhere, all-purpose. In peacetime, the unit serves under the governor of Pennsylvania, bolstering missions such as support to civilian authorities during natural disaster or homeland security. In wartime or in a contingency, it reports to Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Florida, its gaining major command.

Commander: Colonel Eric C. McKissick
Command Chief: Chief Master Sgt. Robert S. Smith

919th Special Operations Wing

Duke Field, Florida

The 919th SOW, in association with the 492nd SOW, provides operations and maintenance personnel to support the non-standard aviation program for Air Force Special Operations Command through the use of the C-146A aircraft. It also employs the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system in a geographically separated association with the 65th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Commander: Colonel Scott Hurrelbrink
Command Chief: Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Fugle