Jan. 11, 2023 Special Tactics, AMC Airmen spearhead agile combat employment concepts during mission generation exercise Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing participated in a mission generation exercise on Jan. 5, 2023, alongside Air Mobility Command aircrews from Joint Base Charleston.
Nov. 21, 2022 Fall 2022 SOCMID FTX U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen execute Fall 2022 Special Operations Center for Medical Integration and Development culminating field training exercise in Birmingham, Alabama, Nov. 17, 2022.
Sept. 13, 2022 Fallen Combat Controller honored in operator strength competition The World’s Strongest Operator competition was hosted in Allen, TX on Sept. 9. The event honored U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin.
Feb. 11, 2020 Special Tactics Airmen participate in Southern Strike 2020 For the first time, the 125th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), assigned to Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon, was invited to participate in Southern Strike 2020 taking place in Gulfport, Miss. Jan. 30 through Feb. 13, 2020. Southern Strike 2020 is a large Joint Force exercise put on by the
June 24, 2019 24th SOW welcomes new commander to charge sole ST wing Hundreds of Air Commandos, families and friends gathered to welcome the new commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing during an assumption of command ceremony, here, today. U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, introduced U.S. Air Force Col. Matt
May 13, 2019 Air Force transitions enlisted specialty, grows Special Tactics capabilities Enlisted Airmen have been analyzing weather since the very beginning of American military flight in 1917. Decades of hard-earned experience led to Special Operations Weather Team Airmen being designated with their own Air Force Specialty Code in 2008.By combining the core skills of Special Operation
March 12, 2019 26th STS partners with FARP, F-35A for next generation operations For the first time, Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and Air Commandos from the 26th Special Tactics Squadron and the 27th Special Operation Logistics Readiness Squadron at Cannon AFB, N.M., trained and carried out a FARP operation from an MC-130J Commando II to an
March 4, 2019 Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fallen brethren Aches, blisters, exhaustion, pain…830 miles, five states, 11 days…are a minute price to pay to honor the fallen. The push to continue on for these Air Commandos come from their communities’ legacy of never forgetting a fallen comrade, from the pride instilled within themselves, and from reaching
Feb. 28, 2019 Behind the scenes of the Special Tactics Memorial March Alongside highways and back roads of the southern U.S. states, there are two Special Tactics Airmen trekking in the name of their fallen brethren killed in combat. What most people won’t see, is the Individual Duty Medical Technicians putting moleskin on painful blisters, or the communication Airman
Feb. 24, 2019 17th STS dedicates building to late TACP operator The life and legacy of an Air Force Special Operations Command tactical air control party operator was forever cemented into Special Tactics and Fort Benning history with a building dedication in his namesake. On Feb. 21, 2014, U.S. Air Force Joshua M. Gavulic, who was an ST TACP operator with the