Articles

  • 1 SOMDG named flag football champions

    Air Commandos with the 1st Special Operations Medical Group and 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron intramural flag football team competed in the flag football championship at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 26, 2017. The 1st SOMDG bested the 23rd STTS with a score of seven to six. More than 24 teams

  • POTFF offers mentorship

    The Preservation of the Force and Family team is raising awareness of the importance and impact of mentoring in honor of National Mentoring Month.

  • Air Commandos keep weapons systems boomin'

    Staff Sgt. Disraeli Lee, an armament team chief with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, installs a safety wire on a 25 mm Gatling gun at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 25, 2017. The safety wire ensures bolts are secured when firing the 25 mm Gatling gun. The Gatling gun can be found on the

  • AFCEC conducts pilot test of sustainment management system at Hurlburt Field

    Personnel from the utilities branch of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Operations Directorate and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Engineer Research Laboratory, or CERL, recently conducted the first pilot test of the UTILITIES sustainment management system, or U.SMS, at Hurlburt Field,

  • Hurlburt Field youth program classroom earns national recognition

    The Hurlburt Field Youth Program’s outdoor classroom for ages 9-12 earned national recognition as a certified Nature Explore Classroom through the Nature Explore Program in December 2016. Nature Explore is a national initiative, sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation and Dimensions Foundation in

  • Hurlburt recognizes Glaucoma Awareness month

    Ever had an air puff test when visiting the optometrist? During the test, a puff of air is blown into the patient’s eye in order to record the resistance of the cornea. While such a test may seem out of place in a medical facility, it is actually known as the tonometry test and is used to detect the

  • FARP: Night Owls of USSOCOM

    The FARP program is a United States Special Operations Command initiative that trains petroleum, oils and lubrication Airmen to perform covert, nighttime refueling operations in deployed locations where fueling stations are not accessible or when air-to-air refueling is not possible.

  • Broyles assumes command of 1st SOAMXS

    Air Commandos and their families attend the 1st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Assumption of Command ceremony at the Commando Hangar on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 12, 2017. Lt. Col. Philip Broyles, who previously served as the commander of the 801st Special Operations Aircraft

  • 801st SOAMXS welcomes new commander

    Air Commandos and families attend the 801st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Change of Command ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 12, 2017. Maj. Bryan Hogan took command of the 801st SOAMXS from outgoing commander, Lt. Col. Philip Broyles. The 801st SOAMXS performs maintenance on

  • 25 IS strengthens global communications capabilities

    Members of the 25th Intelligence Squadron assemble a Hawkeye lite satellite dish at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 11, 2017. The satellite dishes are part of the special operations deployable node Silent Dagger. Silent Dagger provides classified network reach-back for intelligence support to Air Force