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  • ST legend earns second retirement

    Scott Fales’ demeanor wouldn’t lead you to believe the long list of accomplishments he has.The retired Air Force master sergeant spent 20 years on active duty, primarily as a pararescueman, and in that time he saw conflict across the globe from Panama to Somalia. He’s earned a Silver Star Medal,

  • SECAF immersed in ST mission

    Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson fires an M4 carbine during a capabilities demonstration alongside Special Tactics Airmen at Eglin Range Complex, Florida, May 3, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen are the Air Force’s ground special operators and U.S. Special Operations Command’s premier tactical

  • U.S. SOF conduct winter warfare training in Sweden

    There’s cold and then there’s above the Arctic Circle cold. So cold that frostbite on exposed skin can occur within minutes. Not cold enough to stop special operations forces from operating in the environment.

  • ST operators lead in EW18

    Emerald Warrior 18, an annual air-centric, irregular warfare U.S. Special Operations Command exercise, saw hundreds of personnel from across the world gather at Hurlburt Field to exercise special operations tactics, and for the second year in a row, command and control of ground special operations

  • 24th SOW commander final jump

    Special Tactics operators from the 24th Special Operations Wing prepare for a water landing after conducting a military free-fall jump at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 7, 2018. The free-fall was Col. Mike Martin's final jump as commander of the 24th SOW before his change of command ceremony the

  • Fueling the SOF human weapon system

    Special Tactics operators function as state-of-the-art human weapon systems and are force multipliers integrating airpower onto the battlefield. Dozens of different factors play into their ability to project forces, but there’s one area that can be easily overlooked: nutrition.

  • Vietnam veteran talks long-term resilience to ST Airmen

    The attack left him without his left arm, left eye and inflicted serious wounds to his right hand and legs. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Clebe McClary had given up, he was borderline unrecognizable and waiting to die in a hospital. That’s when Billy Casper, a professional golfer who was visiting wounded

  • SOST members earn Bronze Star Medals

    The brightly lit, inviting atrium of UAB Hospital is a far cry from the two room, concrete-walled farmhouse in the Middle East where the United States Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team, based out of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, deployed in 2016. During their four-month tour at