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Special Operations flight surgeon earns second set of wings
For Capt. Matt Stein, earning his pilot wings from the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program was not the first time he donned a set of wings. Prior to arriving for Undergraduate Pilot Training at ENJJPT, Stein was a Special Operations Forces Medical Element flight surgeon for the 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida.
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8/23
2016
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AFSOC Marathon Team: SrA Nathaniel Kjos
The following article is the first of a four-part series about four Hurlburt Field Air Commandos who have earned a spot on the Air Force Special Operations Command Marathon team participating in the 20th Annual Air Force Marathon Sept. 17.
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8/20
2016
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352nd SOAMXS Repair and Reclamation Shop Plays the Long Game
The repair and reclamation shop, or AR-21, consists of trained MC-130J Commando II crew chiefs who work outside normal flightline duties to perform a variety of maintenance functions with longer timelines, allowing their counterparts to focus on aircraft servicing, marshaling and other associated tasks. Alongside these duties, they also care for
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8/19
2016
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Air Commandos kick off TFX Olympus Archer
More than 230 Air Commandos and seven aircraft with the 1st Special Operations Wing arrived here, for Task Force Exercise Olympus Archer, Aug. 15. Full Mission Profiles began Aug. 18, with aircrews teaming up with members of the 21st Special Tactics Squadron and 1st Special Operations Medical Group to conduct medical evacuations and in-flight
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8/19
2016
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SOF community adds tools to analyze geographic information
Fourteen students from the Air Force Special Operations Command and the Army learned to analyze geographic information to get a better image of battlefield operations during a geographic information systems course here Aug. 1-5.AFSOC hosted a Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems course offered by a mobile training team from the National
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8/17
2016
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Calm in the chaos: CCT students under pressure in tactics exercise
Rumbling down a dirt road in a Medium Tactical Vehicle cargo truck, a team of special operators quietly awaits for chaos to ensue. The truck grinds to a halt in an intersection in the forest. It’s clear why in a second: a voice squawks over the radio that a roadside bomb rendered their truck useless. As the group offloads, gunshots ring out,
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8/17
2016
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ST Squadron endures continuous deployment
Airmen with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron returned home to friends and family following an extended deployment supporting OPERATION FREEDOM’S SENTINEL, in early August, -- the squadron’s nearly 50th deployment since 9/11. After the team had already served their full deployment, they willingly stayed an extra month to provide critical support to
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8/16
2016
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AFSOC Heritage and the Manhattan Project
Seventy-one years ago this month, the 509th Composite Wing executed the first operational deployment and use of nuclear weapons in history. In the context of the Manhattan Project, the historic development of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos, New Mexico, and also the Enola Gay and Bockscar, are the most familiar stories in both popular culture and
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8/12
2016
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Hurlburt chapel host resiliency date night for Air Commandos
The 1st SOW Chaplain Corps has begun a new program called the Marriage & Family Resiliency Program to support Airmen and their family members by helping them develop personal strengths and protective factors to guard their relationships.
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8/05
2016
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SOCEUR leadership team visits 352nd SOW
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark C. Schwartz and U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Petty Officer Andrew Harrison, Special Operations Command-Europe Commander and Senior Enlisted Leader, visited the 352nd Special Operations Wing on Aug. 1, 2016, at RAF Mildenhall, England.The purpose of the visit was for the command team to spend time with the men and women
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8/05
2016
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