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  • Five Kentucky Air Guardsmen earn Bronze Star Medals

    Five members of the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron were awarded Bronze Star Medals during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base here Nov. 17 for outstanding selflessness and bravery in the defense of the United States.

  • Special Tactics Airman killed in action in Afghanistan

    A Special Tactics Airman was killed when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2018. Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin, 25, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, was deployed in support of OPERATION Freedom’s Sentinel.

  • CSAF, family unveil recent MOH recipient's name on Special Tactics Memorial

    Sunlight shed for the first time on a well-known, but newly-engraved name under the recently installed Medal of Honor recipient display at the Special Tactics Memorial in the airpark Oct. 27.Hundreds of Air Commandos, family members and distinguished visitors gathered at the airpark to watch as U.S.

  • 24th SOW dedicates building to MOH recipient Master Sgt. Chapman

    The story of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Chapman has circulated across the nation for nearly two decades and captivated the special operations world. The heroics John is credited with during a ferocious battle on Takur Ghar, Afghanistan, in 2002 posthumously earned him

  • 30-year ST ‘giant’ dons beret one last time

    As a teenager, he grew up like most, listening and learning from his grandfather, an Air Force maintenance officer of 25 years.The talks shaped him and ultimately decided his future at an early age – he would join the U.S. Air Force.Thirty years later, at the finishing line of an extensive and

  • 23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

    Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron facilitate aircraft traffic at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen were transported to Tyndall to assess, open, and control the airfield, and facilitate humanitarian relief efforts following the

  • Special Tactics Airmen open Tyndall Air Force Base airfield for operations

    Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron assessed, opened and controlled air traffic at Tyndall Air Force Base, Oct. 11. Special Tactics Airmen have the ability to assess, open, and control major airfields to clandestine dirt strips in any environment, including those