Staff Sergeant Dylan J. Elchin was a Special Tactics Combat Controller with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, 720th Special Tactics Group, 24th Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. As a CCT, Elchin was specially trained into combat operations to conduct global access, precision strike, and personnel recovery operations. He was skilled in reconnaissance operations, air traffic control and terminal attack control operations.