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  • Gen. Wooley Honored at Order of the Sword

    Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command Lt. Gen. Michael W. Wooley was inducted to the Order of the Sword during a ceremony September 21.General Wooley, who has led AFSOC since July 2004, became the sixth AFSOC commander to receive this honor. The 675 Airmen in attendance formed a human

  • CFC Kicks Off

    The 2007 Combined Federal Campaign kickoff, an annual fund-raising drive aimed at raising money for thousands of charities throughout the world, was held Wednesday, at the Emerald Coast Conference Center. Many of the people attending were key workers from Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field. Key

  • Hallucinogenic Salvia illegal for military members

    Several Hurlburt Field Airmen are in the midst of legal trouble due to ingesting a psychoactive hallucinogenic plant called Salvia. "It's being used for its mind altering effect, with the assumptions it is legal and they won't get into legal trouble," according to Detective Anthony Correia, 1st

  • Hurlburt recognizes POW/MIA day

    Hurlburt Field Airman gathered in the Freedom Hangar, Sept. 14 for a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action ceremony to honor Americans who have been taken prisoner during times of war and remember those who are still missing in action. The ceremony began with retired Lt. Col. Les Matheson, dressed in

  • Muscular Dystrophy Marathon, the Run for Our Sons

    "I can't do that, my muscles aren't as strong as yours. I have M.D," is what 8-year-old Cody Reckart says when he is asked to play tag or climb a tree. At age 7, Cody was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a genetic disorder that weakens the muscles including the heart and lungs. Muscular

  • Sobriety checkpoints successful

    Over the Labor Day weekend, the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron conducted two sobriety check points on Hurlburt Field. The sobriety checkpoints were implemented after a spike in DUIs affecting Team Hurlburt members. The primary purpose of the checkpoints was to deter drunk drivers in

  • Officials release more information on MH-53 crash

    Two Airmen who sustained minor injuries when an MH-53 PAVE LOW had a hard landing near Duke Field yesterday are in good condition. The other five crewmembers on board suffered no injuries. Airman 1st Class Bradley Jordan, 20th Special Operations Squadron gunner, and Col. William Nelson, Air Force

  • MH-53 Crashes near Duke Field

    Two people were injured and five were unhurt when an MH-53 PAVE LOW helicopter from the 20th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field crashed near Duke Field at approximately 11:45 p.m. yesterday. The aircraft was performing a routine training mission.The Eglin fire department responded. Airman

  • Ways to protect yourself against identity theft

    Identity theft is reaching epidemic proportions in America, in part because of new, sophisticated technology that allows identity thieves to access personal information about their victims and use it to commit fraud or theft. The Federal Trade Commission reported identity theft as its number one

  • Hurlburt civilians help keep fight going

    Technology develops at a tremendous rate and sometimes it's difficult to keep pace with all the changes. Thankfully, there are people here to help. In 2000, the Air Force Special Operations Command implemented several new programs to aid aircrew and ground operators with situational awareness. The