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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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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 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 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

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 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

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

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team members pose for a photo after a Bronze Star Medal 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. (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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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

A family member of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J Hall, a Special Operations Surgical Team surgical technician with the 720th Operations Support Squadron, holds a challenge coin presented by 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, receives the Bronze Star Medal from 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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190325-F-XT249-0089

A Special Operations Surgical Team member and a Special Tactics Airman with the 720th Special Tactics Group shield themselves from debris as a CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, departs after infiltrating Airmen for pre-deployment validation training March 25, 2019, at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jason Robertson)

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U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing perform avalanche training at Moran, Wyoming, Dec. 13, 2016. Special Operations Weather Team Airmen have been an integral piece of Special Tactics with unique training to conduct multi-domain reconnaissance and surveillance across the spectrum of conflict and crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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Special Tactics Airmen use training dive to clean Destin Marina

A Special Tactics team member in advanced skills training at the Special Tactics Training Squadron jumps into the Gulf to clean the Destin Marina during a training dive, Destin, Florida, May 8, 2019. ST Airmen are graduates of the Air Force Combat Dive Course which provides them with open and closed circuit diving procedures, navigational swim training, day and night tactical open water surface swims, and combat diving infiltration and exfiltration techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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Special Tactics Airmen use training dive to clean Destin Marina

A Special Tactics team member with the Special Tactics Training Squadron checks a student’s dive gear before he partakes in the clean-up of the Destin Marina during a training dive, Destin, Florida, May 8, 2019. The ST Airmen are graduates of the Air Force Combat Dive Course which provides them with open and closed circuit diving procedures, navigational swim training, day and night tactical open water surface swims, and combat diving infiltration and exfiltration techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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Special Tactics Airmen use training dive to clean Destin Marina

Special Tactics team members in advanced skills training at the Special Tactics Training Squadron clean the Destin Marina during a training dive, Destin, Florida, May 8, 2019. The STTS teamed up with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and Emerald Coast Scuba to provide the divers a safety cordon while cleaning the harbor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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Special Tactics Airmen use training dive to clean Destin Marina

A Special Tactics team member with the Special Tactics Training Squadron dumps out trash that was collected while cleaning the Destin Marina during a training dive, Destin, Florida, May 8, 2019. An estimated two tons of trash was taken out of the Gulf to Emerald Coast Scuba and reported to Project Aware, a nonprofit organization who works with scuba divers across the globe to protect underwater environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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Special Tactics Airmen use training dive to clean Destin Marina

A Special Tactics team member with the Special Tactics Training Squadron lifts collected trash onto a boat while cleaning the Destin Marina during a training dive, Destin, Florida, May 8, 2019. An estimated two tons of trash was taken out of the Gulf to Emerald Coast Scuba and reported to Project Aware, a nonprofit organization who works with scuba divers across the globe to protect underwater environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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Special Tactics Airmen use training dive to clean Destin Marina

Special Tactics team members in advanced skills training at the Special Tactics Training Squadron lift collected trash onto a raft while cleaning the Destin Marina during a training dive, Destin, Florida, May 8, 2019. An estimated two tons of trash was taken out of the Gulf to Emerald Coast Scuba and reported to Project Aware, a nonprofit organization who works with scuba divers across the globe to protect underwater environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Yates)

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