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  • Joint Airborne Operation a success for 353rd SOG

    "One, two, three...five, six, seven...I see seven chutes," said an Air Force combat controller with the 353rd Special Operations Group, radioing back to the aircrew in the MC-130J Commando II that all jumpers were accounted for.The jumpers followed the lowest man to the ground and in about seven

  • Special Tactics wing changes command

    For the third time since its activation in 2012, the 24th Special Operations Wing welcomed a new commander during an assumption of command ceremony here July 14.Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, presided over the ceremony, where Col. Michael Martin assumed

  • CJSOAC dedicate headquarters to fallen Special Tactics Airmen

    The Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component named their headquarters building in honor of two fallen Special Tactics Airmen during a memorial-naming ceremony at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 29.The headquarters was dedicated to Capt. Matthew Roland, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron,

  • CJSOAC dedicate headquarters to fallen Special Tactics Airmen

    The Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component named their headquarters building in honor of two fallen Special Tactics Airmen during a memorial-naming ceremony at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 29.The headquarters was dedicated to Capt. Matthew Roland, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron,

  • Special Tactics Airmen learn to breathe underwater

    Special Tactics Training Squadron students underwent pre-scuba training at Hurlburt Field, June 29, 2016.The training familiarizes trainees with the basics of water operations. The trainees perform tasks such as tying knots underwater, learning how to stay afloat without their arms and hands, and

  • Special operations medical Airmen save lives at sea

    Members of a special operations surgical team assigned to the 720th Special Tactics Group here worked to save the lives of two critically-burned fishermen rescued 500 miles off the coast of Bermuda, June 22.The fishermen had been stranded when their vessel caught fire, and the Special Tactics

  • A dedicated father, Airman laid to rest

    Two months after the tragic and sudden passing of Lt. Col. William “Bill” Schroeder, the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard laid him to rest with full military honors June 16, at the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.More than 100 family members, teammates and service members attended the service to

  • That Others May Live: Silver Star medal for a fallen Airman, son

    In the twilight hours of an August Wednesday morning in Afghanistan, a Special Tactics Airman distinguished himself as a hero.After a long day of airfield operations on an unsecured landing zone, Capt. Matthew Roland, a Special Tactics officer assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron,