23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

A Special Tactics Airman with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron controls an aircraft at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen were transported to Tyndall to assess, open, and control the airfield, and facilitate humanitarian relief efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Michael. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

A Special Tactics Airman with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron controls an aircraft at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Special Tactics Teams can assess, open, and control major airfields to clandestine dirt strips in any environment, including those affected by natural disasters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron take down runway panels at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen were transported to Tyndall to assess, open, and control the airfield, and facilitate humanitarian relief efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Michael. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

A Special Tactics Airman with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron take down runway panels at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen were transported to Tyndall to assess, open, and control the airfield, and facilitate humanitarian relief efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Michael. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

A Special Tactics Airman with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron looks through binoculars at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Special Tactics Teams can assess, open, and control major airfields to clandestine dirt strips in any environment, including those affected by natural disasters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

A Special Tactics Airman with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron takes notes at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Special Tactics Teams can assess, open, and control major airfields to clandestine dirt strips in any environment, including those affected by natural disasters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

A Special Tactics Airman with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, right, greets Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Air Force senior leaders toured Tyndall Air Force Base to assess the damage from Hurricane Michael, one of the most intense tropical cyclones to ever hit the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron greet U.S. Air Force Col. Brian Laidlaw, center, commander of the 325th Fighter Wing, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen were transported to Tyndall to assess, open, and control the airfield, and facilitate humanitarian relief efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Michael. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

A Special Tactics Airman with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron waves to a CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen were transported to Tyndall to assess, open, and control the airfield, and facilitate humanitarian relief efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Michael. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

A Special Tactics Airman with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron drives an all-terrain vehicle off an MC-130H Combat Talon II assigned to the 15th Special Operations Squadron upon returning to Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen opened the airfield at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 10, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Michael and controlled more than 30 aircraft sorties. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

Published Oct. 16, 2018
By Tech. Sgt. Sandra Welch
24th Special Operations Wing Combat Camera

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. --

Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron facilitate aircraft traffic at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen were transported to Tyndall to assess, open, and control the airfield, and facilitate humanitarian relief efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Michael. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Sandra Welch)