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  • 24th SOW renames training facility after fallen STO

    A Special Tactics Training Squadron facility is renamed after U.S. Air Force Capt. Matthew Roland, a special tactics officer who died in combat near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 6, 2021. Roland was awarded the Silver Star Medal June 1, 2016, for his

  • A piece of Hurlburt history recovered

    Operation Desert Storm, Jan. 31, 1991. AC-130H Spectre, Spirit 03, tail number 696567, had been raining hellfire on enemy combatants into the early hours of the morning. As dawn slowly brightened the dark skies, the Spectre began its return to base when the crew valorously turned back toward the