Tag: AFSOC
Hurlburt Field airman awarded Air Force Cross for gallantry in Afghanistan...
The team was trapped, outnumbered and bombarded by grenades and machine gun fire from elevated positions. Bullets ricocheted around them.
Ordnance from circling, friendly aircraft...
Air Force’s new AC-130J drops first-ever laser-guided bomb
The U.S. Air Force reached a milestone in the test phase of the service's AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft. Airmen from Hurlburt Field successfully tested the...
Webb quietly takes command of special ops command
Building upon a 20-year career serving the U.S. special operations community, Lt. Gen. Brad Webb took the reigns as commander of the 20,000-strong Air Force Special Operations...
Gulf Coast special ops unit welcomes first female commander
Flanked by three special operations aircraft, an audience of citizen commandos and well-wishers at Duke Field in Okaloosa County, Fla. welcomed the 919th Special...
Special Ops commander to recieve highest honor
As the leader of tens of thousands of special operations airmen performing clandestine and high-planned missions around the world, Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold is unlikely to...
Quiet Professional: Webb tapped to be next special ops commander
The words “quiet professionals” have been used to describe the men and women of Air Force Special Operations Command since its inception a quarter century...
Air Commandos welcomed home
With every deployment, airmen are faced with the battles of separation and distance from their loved ones while they’re serving their country, often thousands...
Gulf Coast plays host to special operations training
Special operators have been busy at Hurlburt Field this past month, holding multiple large-scale training exercises based out of the nation's busiest Air Force...
