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190417-Z-EP075-002

Key leaders from the U.S. Air Force’s 352nd Special Operation Wing, based out of RAF Mildenhall U.K., conducted a Staff Ride, April 17, 2019, to conduct professional development and walk the grounds of bases where Army Air Force troops were stationed during WWII. Service members from the 352 SOW will conduct memorial airborne operations in honor of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, June 4-7, 2019. An epic multinational operation, D-Day forged partnerships and reinforced trans-Atlantic bonds that remain to this day. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Elizabeth Pena)

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170308-F-MY676-2067

U.S. Air Force Airmen conduct a disaster relief training training mission during Emerald Warrior 17 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 9, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command exercise during which joint special operations forces train to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis)

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181105-F-SV792-0715

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 125th Special Tactics Squadron, Portland Air National Guard, depart a building with simulated patients during an exercise in Portland, Oregon, Nov. 5, 2018. Special Tactics teams conduct personnel recovery missions, from rapid mission planning to technical rescue, treatment and exfiltration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rose Gudex)

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190116-F-SV792-0471

Special tactics operators with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron from Hurlburt Field, Florida, engage simulated enemy combatants as they infiltrate a village during a scenario as part of Emerald Warrior at Avon Park, Florida, Jan. 16, 2019. EMERALD WARRIOR 19.1/TRIDENT 19-2 is a tier-1 United States Special Operations Command sponsored mission rehearsal readiness exercise and joint national training capability accredited exercise program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rose Gudex)

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170302-F-IJ878-0272

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airman assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing conducts close air support training during Emerald Warrior 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 2, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command exercise during which joint special operations forces train to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Barry Loo)

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160507-F-OH871-1331

U.S. Air Force special tactics Airmen assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing conduct a freefall jump from a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook assigned to 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, Fort Eustis, Va., during Exercise Emerald Warrior 16 over Eglin Range, Fla., May 7, 2016. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operation Command sponsored mission rehearsal exercise during which joint special operations forces train to respond to real and emerging worldwide threats. (U.S. Air Force still frame from video by Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook)

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181211-F-XT249-0398

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron jump from an MC-130H Combat Talon II assigned to the 15th Special Operations Squadron above Eglin Range, Florida, Dec. 11, 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jason Robertson)

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Low-light Surgery

Mobile surgical specialists devoted to saving lives, anywhere and anytime.

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To the heart of it

Mobile surgical specialists devoted to saving lives, anywhere and anytime. (Courtesy Photo Illustration)

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Operating Room

Mobile surgical specialists devoted to saving lives, anywhere and anytime.

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Life-saving Treatment

Mobile surgical specialists devoted to saving lives, anywhere and anytime.

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All Geared Up

Mobile surgical specialists devoted to saving lives, anywhere and anytime.

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NASCAR honors fallen Special Tactics Airman

Family members and teammates of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin pose with Darrel “Bubba” Wallace, Jr. by the #43 Coca-Cola Chevy before the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Miles of Remembrance race on May 26, 2019, Concord, North Carolina. Elchin, a Special Tactics combat controller, was killed in action during Operation Freedom’s Sentinel on Nov. 27, 2018. Special Tactics operators are U.S. Special Operations Command’s 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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NASCAR honors fallen Special Tactics Airman

Family members of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin pose with Darrel “Bubba” Wallace, Jr. by the #43 Coca-Cola Chevy before the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Miles of Remembrance race on May 26, 2019, Concord, North Carolina. Elchin, a Special Tactics combat controller, was killed in action during Operation Freedom’s Sentinel on Nov. 27, 2018. Special Tactics operators are U.S. Special Operations Command’s 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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NASCAR honors fallen Special Tactics Airman

Teammates of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin present patches to Darrel “Bubba” Wallace, Jr. before the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Miles of Remembrance race on May 26, 2019, Concord, North Carolina. Elchin, a Special Tactics combat controller, was killed in action when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2018, while deployed in support of OPERATION Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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NASCAR honors fallen Special Tactics Airman

Family members of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin pose in front of the #43 Coca-Cola Chevy, which bares Elchin’s name on the windshield, before the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Miles of Remembrance race on May 26, 2019, Concord, North Carolina. Elchin, a Special Tactics combat controller, was killed in action when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2018, while deployed in support of OPERATION Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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NASCAR honors fallen Special Tactics Airman

Family members and teammates of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin pose in front of the #43 Coca-Cola Chevy, which bares Elchin’s name on the windshield, before the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Miles of Remembrance race on May 26, 2019, Concord, North Carolina. Elchin, a Special Tactics combat controller, was killed in action when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2018, while deployed in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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SOST member awarded Bronze Star Medal for life-saving actions

Family members of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J Hall, a Special Operations Surgical Team surgical technician with the 720th Operations Support Squadron, were presented with challenge coins from U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kevin Webb, the director of operations for SOST, during a Bronze Star Medal presentation ceremony at the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education, Miami, Florida, May 23, 2019. Hall was presented a BSM for his life-saving battlefield surgery actions while deployed in 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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SOST member awarded Bronze Star Medal for life-saving actions

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J Hall, a Special Operations Surgical Team surgical technician with the 720th Operations Support Squadron, is presented the Bronze Star Medal by U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kevin Webb, the director of operations for SOST, during a presentation ceremony at the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education, Miami, Florida, May 23, 2019. Hall was presented a BSM for his life-saving battlefield surgery actions while deployed in 2016. Special Operations Surgical Teams are highly-mobile, tailorable teams of surgical and emergency specialists trained to provide life-saving surgical care and trauma resuscitation on or near the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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SOST member awarded Bronze Star Medal for life-saving actions

A Bronze Star Medal lies on a table prior to a presentation ceremony at the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education, Miami, Florida, May 23, 2019. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J Hall, a SOST surgical technician with the 720th Operations Support Squadron, was awarded a BSM for his life-saving battlefield surgery actions while deployed in 2016. The BSM is a decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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