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Special Tactics operators with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron marshal an F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Feb. 27, 2019. Special Tactics is U.S. Special Operations Command's premier tactical air-to-ground integration force and the Air Force's special operations ground force, leading global access, precision strike, personnel recovery and battlefield surgery operations. Training to refuel aircraft in austere environments adds another valuable skillset to their wheelhouse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rose Gudex)

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A Special Tactics operator with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron looks onto an F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Feb. 26, 2019. For the first time, Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and Air Commandos from the 26th STS and the 27th Special Operation Logistics Readiness Squadron trained and carried out a forward area refueling point from an MC-130J Commando II to an F-35A Lightning II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rose Gudex)

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Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fa

Special Tactics senior leaders with the 24th Special Operations Wing lead hundreds of Air Commandos, teammates and family in performing memorial push-ups following the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Air Force Special Operations Command Special Tactics Airmen, along with a mission support force of 19 Air Commandos, began the 5th iteration of the Special Tactics Memorial March on Feb. 22 at Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, to pay tribute to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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A Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special Operations Wing salutes a baton carrying the name of a fallen brethren during the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen rucked from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. A memorial baton inscribed with each of the fallen Special Tactics Airman’s names was carried throughout the way to honor the fallen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fa

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein gives remarks during the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen rucked from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein gives remarks during the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen rucked from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, gives remarks during the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Special Tactics is U.S. Special Operation Command’s tactical air and ground integration force, and the Air Force’s special operations ground force, leading Global Access, Precision Strike, Personnel Recovery and Battlefield Surgery operations on the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, gives remarks during the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen rucked from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. A memorial baton inscribed with each of the fallen Special Tactics Airman’s names was carried throughout the way to honor the fallen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fa

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, left, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, center, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, attend the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen rucked from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fa

Hurlburt Field base honor guard members present the colors during the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen rucked from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fa

Special Tactics senior leaders with the 24th Special Operations Wing lead hundreds of Air Commandos, teammates and family in performing memorial push-ups following the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Air Force Special Operations Command Special Tactics Airmen, along with a mission support force of 19 Air Commandos, began the 5th iteration of the Special Tactics Memorial March on Feb. 22 at Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, to pay tribute to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fa

A Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing salutes a baton carrying the name of a fallen brethren during the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen rucked from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. A memorial baton inscribed with each of the fallen Special Tactics Airman’s names was carried throughout the way to honor the fallen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fa

A Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special Operations Wing holds the baton carrying the name of a fallen brethren during the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen rucked from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. A memorial baton inscribed with each of the fallen Special Tactics Airman’s names was carried throughout the way to honor the fallen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fa

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein gives remarks during the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen rucked from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fa

A Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special Operations Wing salutes during the presentation of colors during the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen rucked from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. A memorial baton inscribed with each of the fallen Special Tactics Airman’s names was carried throughout the way to honor the fallen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fa

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein marches alongside Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing during the Special Tactics Memorial March at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018. This was the 5th Special Tactics Memorial March since 2009 and since it originated as the “Tim Davis Memorial March.” The march was renamed to honor all fallen Special Tactics Airmen in 2011 to the “Special Tactics Memorial March.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Special Tactics marches into Day 3 of TX to FL journey

Air Commandos assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing load coolers of water and supplies onto trucks for the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb. 24, 2014, near Houston, Texas. The memorial ruck march honors Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin, U.S. Air Force combat controller, who was killed in Afghanistan in November 2018, and 19 other special tactics Airmen who have died since 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan)

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Behind the scenes of the Special Tactics Memorial March

A Special Operations Surgical Team member with the 24th Special Operations Wing bandages a Special Tactics Airman’s foot during the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb 27, 2019, in Louisiana. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen ruck from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, to Hurlburt Field, Fla., to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and 19 other Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. The ruck march takes ST members across five states and 830 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan)

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Behind the scenes of the Special Tactics Memorial March

An independent duty medical technician with the 24th Special Operations Wing bandages a Special Tactics Airman’s foot during the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb 26, 2019, near Eunice, Louisiana. This is the 5th Special Tactics Memorial March since 2009 and since it originated as the “Tim Davis Memorial March.” The march was renamed to honor all fallen ST Airmen in 2011 to the “Special Tactics Memorial March.” The ruck march takes ST members across five states and 830 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan)

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Behind the scenes of the Special Tactics Memorial March

A Special Operations Surgical Team member with the 24th Special Operations Wing bandages a Special Tactics Airman’s foot during the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb 27, 2019, in Louisiana. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen ruck from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, to Hurlburt Field, Fla., to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and 19 other Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. The ruck march takes ST members across five states and 830 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan)

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