News Search

  • Premium DOD Exercise hones SOF skills

    More than 1,500 Special Operations Forces from around the services participated in Emerald Warrior, a two-week joint service, interagency and partner nation exercise that concluded here May 9. Emerald Warrior leverages lessons learned from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom to provide

  • Four Air Commandos featured in Portraits in Courage for bravery

    Four Air Force Special Operations Command Airmen were among 22 honorees selected from around the Air Force to be featured in Portraits in Courage, a program that highlights the bravery, commitment, teamwork and selfless sacrifice of America's Airmen.Master Sgt. Ronnie Brickey, United States Air

  • Special Tactics Airmen awarded top combat decorations

    Already the U.S. Air Force's most decorated community since the end of the Vietnam War, Air Force Special Tactics added to its total over the weekend.Three Air Force Special Operations Command Airmen received Silver Star and Purple Heart medals in a ceremony at Pope Field, N.C., Jan. 10."You will

  • Special Tactics medical professionals provide critical care and evacuation

    Air Force Special Tactics Medicine (STM) professionals treated simulated patients during the Air Force Special Operations Command Casualty Evacuation course here, Dec. 17.The training was the first of its kind using a CV-22 Osprey simulator. The CV-22 is one of the most utilized airframes for

  • Recruit earns coveted scarlet beret

    Staff Sgt. Rene Ochoa is one happy recruiter, thanks to the achievements of Airman 1st Class Michael Guzman.Guzman earned the coveted scarlet beret of a combat controller Sept.12 at Fort Bragg, N.C., after 16 months of intense military training. "His achievement brings a welcome closure to and most

  • Artist's brush memorializes fallen combat controller

    Susan Servais gently pressed her forehead against the portrait of her son. His green eyes smiled out at her and the audience of about 200 that gathered to pay respects to a hero and see his portrait unveiled Oct. 19.The man with the green eyes and kind smile is Senior Airman Adam Servais, an Air

  • Wounded warrior makes final jump

    One by one, Airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron lined up at the back of a C-130, paused, then stepped off the aircraft Oct. 16, completing their free fall training jump into the picturesque water of Florida's Emerald Coast.For Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock Jr., this jump was two years and 28

  • AFSOC Airman named one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    An Air Force Special Operations Command Special Tactics Airman was selected as one of the 2013 Air Force 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year. Tech. Sgt. Jason Payne, a combat controller assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing, spent approximately 200 days of 2012 away from home station and has