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  • 1st SOW Spark Cell hosts Game Changers event

    1st Special Operations Wing personnel, Hsu Educational Foundation personnel, and attendees attend the 1st Special Operations Wing Spark Cell’s Game Changers event in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Sept. 26, 2020. Air Commandos with the 1st Special Operations Communications Squadron volunteered their

  • Hurlburt focuses on families through nursing rooms

    Units across Hurlburt Field welcomed the application of the U.S. Air Force Guidance Memorandum implemented August 14, 2020, establishing the requirement of lactation rooms for nursing mothers.This new memorandum requires units to provide a safe, quiet space for new mothers to take lactation breaks

  • Hurlburt Field hosts 2nd annual 24 hour POW/MIA Vigil Run

    Air Commandos participate in the 2nd annual prisoners of war/missing in action 24-hour vigil run at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 24, 2020. The run was held to honor and remember POW/MIA American service members from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Gulf Wars and

  • 1st SOCES gives Hurlburt clean look after Hurricane Sally

    Pavements and construction equipment Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron remove fallen trees at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 18, 2020. Airmen with the 1st SOCES removed and cleaned fallen trees and debris throughout the installation caused by Hurricane Sally, ensuring

  • Hurlburt Field 9/11 ceremony

    A 9/11 memorial ceremony was held at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 11, 2020. The ceremony was especially dedicated to the hundreds of first responders who died on 9/11 while saving the lives of others.

  • 1st SOMXS Airmen maintain aerospace ground equipment

    Air Commandos assigned to the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron inspect and maintain aerospace ground equipment at Hurlburt Field. AGE specialists play a vital role in ensuring Team Hurlburt’s aircraft are ready for flight by maintaining and repairing equipment that supplies electricity,

  • Exercise SENTRY REX: More robust than ever

    Joint-service exercise, SENTRY REX 20-3, was back for its third iteration August 23-28, and was more robust than ever.The exercise, hosted by the 552nd Air Control Wing, specialized on Combat Search and Rescue mission integration.Units and assets involved in the exercise included E-3 Sentry Airborne

  • Air Commandos conduct parachuting, water survival training

    Survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron conduct parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida. SERE specialists are experts on surviving in the most remote and hostile environments around the globe, training

  • SERE specialists connect with Ospreys, conduct rescue hoist operations

    Survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron conduct rescue hoist operations near Hurlburt Field, Florida. SERE specialists are experts on how to survive in the most remote and hostile environments around the globe, training 1st Special