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  • 30-year ST ‘giant’ dons beret one last time

    As a teenager, he grew up like most, listening and learning from his grandfather, an Air Force maintenance officer of 25 years.The talks shaped him and ultimately decided his future at an early age – he would join the U.S. Air Force.Thirty years later, at the finishing line of an extensive and

  • 23rd STS guides Airpower into Tyndall AFB

    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

  • Special Tactics Airmen open Tyndall Air Force Base airfield for operations

    Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron assessed, opened and controlled air traffic at Tyndall Air Force Base, Oct. 11. Special Tactics Airmen have the ability to assess, open, and control major airfields to clandestine dirt strips in any environment, including those

  • 21st STS Airmen conduct global access training

    Special Tactics Airmen with the 21st Special Tactics Squadron perform global access training at Fort Bliss, Texas, June 24, 2018. Special Tactics teams can access man-made and naturally contested, degraded and operationally-challenged environments, enabling options for assault and power projection

  • 320th STS jumps onto Kwajalein Atoll

    A Special Tactics Airman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron conducts an airfield assessment at Kwajalein Atoll, June 19, 2018. Special Tactics Teams can access, open, and control major airfields to clandestine dirt strips in either permissive or hostile locations, providing strategic access and

  • Camp Cunningham honors Medal of Honor Recipient Master Sgt. John Chapman

    On August 28, members of the special operations community and Bagram Airfield gathered at the Memorial Courtyard at Camp Cunningham, Afghanistan, to recognize Chapman, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 24th Special Tactics Squadron who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during