Articles

  • 23rd SOWS absorbs former 1st SOSS weather flight

    The base weather flight transferred from the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron to the 23rd Special Operations Weather Squadron in a merger designed to increase Special Operations Forces’ capabilities on the home front and downrange.

  • Team Hurlburt FAC administers fitness tests

    The Fitness Assessment Center administered a U.S. Air Force Fitness Test here, Aug. 24. During the fitness test, FAC managers and augmentees monitor and assist Airmen to ensure the assessment is being done properly. The three different components of the fitness test, cardiorespiratory endurance,

  • Team Hurlburt’s children fly into the wild blue yonder

    Members of the Hurlburt Field Library host the “Into the Wild Blue Yonder” reading event at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 17, 2017. Guest speakers read an Air Force based children’s book to celebrate national aviation week and give children the opportunity to learn about aircraft flown across the Air

  • 1st SOCES power pro Air Commandos sustain back-up generators

    Staff Sgt. Andre LaPerle, and Senior Airman Sean Bonness, electrical power production technicians with the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, inspect a generator to troubleshoot its faulty operation at here, Aug. 23. Electrical power production Airmen keep emergency power generators

  • Pearl Harbor survivor speaks to Air Commandos

    “How do we react to anything out of our comfort zone? With resiliency.”At 104 years old, retired Navy Lt. Jim Downing, the second oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor, understands what it takes to overcome adversity, as he told his life story during a special event here, Aug. 10, 2017.

  • Ohio highway dedicated to SOF hero

    Two F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing provided a final salute to their brother in arms during a ceremony dedicating an Ohio highway to a special operations hero, Aug. 14.Six miles of County Highway 121 was dedicated in Master Sgt. William L. McDaniel II’s

  • 1st SOMDG provides free physicals to more than 200 children

    The 1st Special Operations Medical Group hosted the Hurlburt Field School & Sports Physicals 2017 event at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 5, 2017. The event prepared more than 200 children for the new school year. This is the first time in more than seven years that the 1st SOMDG has provided this

  • Defenders are sharp as a DAGRE

    The clouds cover the moon on a pitch black drizzling night. The quiet footsteps of Air Commandos approach a compound. Their mission: find and capture a high value target.As they enter the compound they find contact; it's the enemy. Tactfully and skillfully they take down the two enemies wielding