Articles

  • Dusk or dawn, fire commandos train on

    A firefighter with the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron rushes to an emergency vehicle during a firefighting exercise at Hurburt Field, Fla., April 5, 2016. Hurlburt Field firefighters have less than a minute to don their gear and leave the station with the required emergency vehicles.

  • Pearl Harbor Survivors inspire Air Commandos

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Clell Knight, a CV-22 Osprey pilot with the 8th Special Operations Squadron, smiles for a photo with retired Lt. Cmdr. Cass Phillips, a Pearl Harbor Survivor, in the cockpit of a CV-22 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 5, 2016. Phillips was a U.S. Navy radioman based at Naval Air

  • Green dot to roll out across the Air Force

    Airmen will take the first step of a five-year strategy to decrease interpersonal violence across the service in January when the first 1,500 trainers attend one of 22 Green Dot prep sessions worldwide. The Air Force contracted the non-profit Green Dot organization to provide these violence

  • More than just a read

    Mary Brendemuhl’Schlueter, a library technician with the 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron, leads an activity to help develop fine motor skills at the library, Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 31, 2016. Every Thursday, there is a reading time that hosts a guest speaker to read to children.

  • Wheel and tire keeps the 1 SOW rolling foward

    Senior Airman David Marzano, a wheel and tire technician with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, places washers on tire bolts while building a C-130 nose tire at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 30, 2016. The C-130 wheels built by the wheel and tire technicians can be used on the AC-130U

  • Hurlburt Field Chapel hosts annual Clergy Day

    The Hurlburt Field chapel staff hosted its annual Clergy Day at the chapel, March 29, here.Clergy Day is an event coordinated by the chapel staff when local clergy members and faith leaders are invited to Hurlburt Field to receive information on topics regarding military personnel they may encounter

  • Before you fly that new drone: know the rules

    With sales of drones expected to approach 700,000 this season, near-misses with military and commercial aircraft have increased. Federal Aviation Administration statistics show a surge in "close call with drone" reports by military and civilian pilots: nearly 700 incidents in 2015, roughly triple

  • Fuel 2 Go

    One Airman’s idea of providing healthy food options to active fitness goers has come to reality with the opening of “Fuel 2 Go,” Aderholt Fitness Center’s new snack bar, which opened its doors March 30, here.Senior Airman Jonathan Hair, a fitness specialist with the 1st Special Operations Force

  • Prepping for success

    A timer alerts Airman 1st Class Tyler Aguilar that the bread is ready to be removed from the oven and begin cooling. She takes the protection pads to handle the hot pans, removes the bread and moves on to the next item on her preparation list. For Aguilar, a food service journeyman in charge of food

  • Hurlburt detective closes the 61st Distinguished DOD award case for AFSOC

    A civilian, here, has been chosen as the Air Force Special Operations Command nominee for the 61st Annual Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award.This year Anthony Correia, the chief of investigations with the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, is the AFSOC nominee