Articles

  • 1 SOMXG hosts Load Crew of the Year Competition

    The 1st Special Operations Maintenance Group hosted a Load Crew of the Year Competition, Jan. 31, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. During the competition, a load crew from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and the 73rd AMU were evaluated as they loaded two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles onto an AC-130J

  • 1st SOMXG uses virtual reality training to accelerate change

    Earlier this year, members of the 1st SOMXG visited Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas, to tour the base’s VR facility. They asked questions to gain insight into how they could use VR.“Our goal here is to personalize the VR program to best suit Hurlburt Field,” said Tech. Sgt. Bryan Pate, the 1st

  • U.S. Air Force Band of the West spreads holiday cheer at Hurlburt Field

    The U.S. Air Force Band of the West performs at various locations around base during a caroling tour Dec. 16, 2021, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The Band of the West travels more than 125,000 miles annually, performing for military and civilian audiences throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana,

  • Annual cookie drive aims to help Airmen feel at home

    For Michele Kerlin and fellow members of the Hurlburt Spouses’ Club, helping to coordinate programs like the annual Commando Cookie Drive is a personal matter.Kerlin, president of the spouses’ club, and several volunteers worked to collect and distribute 17,636 cookie donations to 800 Airmen living

  • Hurlburt Field’s annual tree lighting ceremony

    Air Commandos gather around the tree as it is lit during the annual tree lighting ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Dec. 3, 2021. The ceremony was virtual in 2020, but due to declining COVID-19 numbers, the event was held in-person again this year.

  • 1 SOW, AFSOC Airmen participate in Bold Quest 21.2

    Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida, and their AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft participated with allied and partner nations in a weeks-long interoperability training, Bold Quest 21.2, November 3 to 18, 2021.

  • Air Commandos receive DFC, Air Medal

    Single Event Air Medal recipients are congratulated after a medal presentation ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Nov. 8, 2021. MC-130H Combat Talon II crews assigned to the 15th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron, Joint Special Operations Air Component Central, and Special Operations

  • 34th Special Operations Squadron validates U-28 SOFORGEN, ACE concepts

    Members of the 34th Special Operations Squadron recently deployed to Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, to validate the unit’s ability to generate combat capability under the new Special Operations Force Generation model. SOFORGEN replaces the current Air Expeditionary Force construct with a 20-month

  • Hurlburt Airmen Recognized at Military Appreciation Football Game

    The Fort Walton Beach High School Athletics Program hosted the 2021 Military Appreciation football game on Thursday, October 7th, 2021. Col. Jocelyn Schermerhorn, the 1st Special Operations Wing commander, was asked to conduct the opening coin toss at the start of the varsity game between the Fort