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  • Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Cory Olson, AFSOC command chief, pose for a photo with Capt. Nate Peeler and his wife after presenting Peeler with AFSOC's Outstanding Airman of the Year Award for the Company Grade Officer category during a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida May

    A year to remember: Battle-tested STO recognized as AFSOC OAY

    For most, 2020 was marked by the new challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic including working from home, zoom meetings and travel restrictions. However, the pandemic did not slow down the accomplishments of one Special Tactics Officer who had one of the busiest and rewarding years of his career thus far. U.S. Air Force Capt. Nate Peeler, a STO assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida was recognized as one of Air Force Special Operations Command’s 2020 Outstanding Airmen of the Year in the Company Grade Officer category during a ceremony May 13, 2021. 
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    Special Tactics Officer passes after battle with cancer

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrew Jon "AJ" Ciechomski, 27, a Special Tactics officer with the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, died after a battle with cancer at home with his family in St. Clairesville, Ohio, Wednesday.
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    Seasoned STO, Air Force Triathlete retires after 24 years of service

    It takes a certain amount of grit and determination to survive in the world of special operations, it requires even more to lead and command the most decorated Air Force community since 9/11. After 24 years of dedicated service, U.S. Air Force Col. Spencer Cocanour, former vice commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, is donning his beret and positioning his flash above his left eye for the final time during his retirement ceremony at the Soundside Club, here, Sept. 20.
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    24th SOW welcomes new commander to charge sole ST wing

    Hundreds of Air Commandos, families and friends gathered to welcome the new commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing during an assumption of command ceremony, here, today. U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, introduced U.S. Air Force Col. Matt Allen as the newest and fifth-ever wing commander of the sole Special Tactics wing in the Air Force.
  • Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and Air Commandos from the 26th Special Tactics Squadron and the 27th Special Operation Logistics Readiness Squadron conduct a forward area refueling point from an MC-130J Commando II to an F-35A Lightning II at Cannon AFB, N.M., Feb. 27, 2018.

    26th STS partners with FARP, F-35A for next generation operations

    For the first time, Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and Air Commandos from the 26th Special Tactics Squadron and the 27th Special Operation Logistics Readiness Squadron at Cannon AFB, N.M., trained and carried out a FARP operation from an MC-130J Commando II to an F-35A Lightning II.
  • U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jeff Guilmain, command chief of the 24th Special Operations Wing, narrates the promotion ceremony of U.S. Air Force Col. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 8, 2019.

    Commander of Special Tactics enterprise promoted to brigadier general

    Hundreds of family, friends and teammates gathered as U.S. Air Force Col. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony Feb. 8, here.
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    Grit and determination: AFSOC Airmen slide with Team USA bobsled

    Two Airmen within Air Force Special Operations Command were selected to compete with the USA Bobsled team this year. Capt. Dakota Lynch, a U-28A pilot with the 34th Special Operations Squadron, and Capt. Chris Walsh, a Special Tactics officer with the 24th Special Operations Wing, are push athletes who are ultimately competing for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team in 2022.
  • The remains of Capt. Matthew Roland are taken to his funeral service and final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Sept. 18, 2015. Roland was fatally wounded in an attack near a vehicle checkpoint at Camp Antonik, a forward operating base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Roland was a special tactics officer at the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nichelle Anderson released)

    A man to emulate: Honoring a fallen Special Tactics Officer

    Capt. Matthew D. Roland was the guy people depended on, turned to, looked up to. He was, to quote a teammate, “the kind of man other men strive to emulate.”He was a “man’s man” who could fix or build anything. He was the guy who “could fit in any crowd” and “lead any team.” This is how Roland was remembered as he was laid to rest at Arlington
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