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  • Base congratulates lieutenant colonel-, captain-selects

    Congratulations to the following majors and lieutenants respectively selected for promotion to lieutenant colonel and captain Oct. 4. Promoted to lieutenant colonelAir Force Special Operations CommandLee Nenortas1st Special Operations Support SquadronElbert Alford Promoted to captainAir Force

  • Base braces for CFC's 'Tides of Change'

    Airmen amassed to gather information on an assortment of charities at the 51st anniversary of the Combined Federal Campaign kickoff of Okaloosa-Walton counties at the Soundside Club at Hurlburt Field, Sept. 25.This year's "Tides of Change" campaign runs through Okaloosa and Walton counties from Oct.

  • Final 1st SOW Huey flight

    It's been a fixture on the base's flightline for decades, marked by its noticeable difference in design from the larger C-130s and elaborate CV-22s operated by 1st Special Operations Wing Airmen. Yet perhaps now the only way one can see a UH-1 Huey at Hurlburt Field will be the one honored in the

  • 1st SOW welcomes new vice wing commander

    The 1st Special Operations Wing welcomed a new wing vice commander Oct. 1. Here is a little more information about him. Name/Rank: Col. William HoltOrganization: 1st Special Operations WingHometown: Alamogordo, N.M.Off-duty time is for: FamilyPrevious Assignments: Commander, Combined Joint

  • 6th SOS moves from Hurlburt to Duke Field

    Airmen of 6th Special Operations Squadron, including their Vietnam-era veterans and former counterparts, attended a transition ceremony for their unit at the Commando Hangar at Hurlburt Field Sept. 28.After a long history and connection to the current 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field,

  • 1st SOFSS: All in a day's work

    If you have been to a fitness center, grabbed a bite to eat at a dining facility or checked in at lodging at Hurlburt Field, you most likely were helped by one of the Airmen of the 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron. The 1st SOFSS supports more than 40,000 active duty, civilians,

  • New honorary commanders join legacy

    Base leadership welcomed their local community counterparts as part of the 2012-2013 Honorary Commanders Program during a banquet at the Soundside Club at Hurlburt Field Sept. 21.Leadership from the 1st Special Operations Wing, 505th Command and Control Wing, Air Force Special Operations Training

  • POW/MIA ceremony remembers all, renews promise

    More than 50 Air Commandos paid tribute to captured and missing service members during a Prisoner of War and Missing in Action recognition ceremony at the Airpark at Hurlburt Field Sept. 21. Congress established National POW/MIA Recognition Day in 1998, and the event is honored at Air Force Bases

  • Sister Strong to unite area military spouses

    Members of a new program designed to bring local military spouses together will launch their first event in October. Sister Strong, an organization made up of spouses of service members from Eglin, Hurlburt Field, 7th Special Forces Group and the 6th Ranger Training Battalion, was recently created

  • Happy 65th Birthday, U.S. Air Force!

    Dozens of Hurlburt Airmen gathered at the Riptide Dining Facility Sept. 18 to mark the Air Force's 65th birthday.  The gathering marked the creation of the Air Force as its own independent branch within the U.S. military Sept.18, 1947. In keeping with Air Force tradition, the most senior- and