Articles

  • Creating an Air Commando: Air Commando Field Skills Course Week 1

    The nature of Air Force Special Operations Command’s mission sometimes requires Air Commandos to operate outside of typical military installations downrange. Working in these conditions, aircrews may be in greater danger of kidnapping or worse.For the Airmen progressing through the Air Commando

  • 4th SOS celebrates 21st Birthday

    The 4th Special Operations Squadron celebrated its 21st birthday during a party, May 4, here.While the 4th SOS has only officially been around since 1995, the squadron has roots dating back to the 4th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron which was activated in April 1942. The flyers of the 4th ACFS

  • Flight engineers stay proficient

    Staff Sgt. Michael Rossi, a flight engineer with the 8th Special Operations Squadron, practices rescue missions on a CV-22 Osprey during a training flight at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 27, 2016. The Osprey is a multi-mission tilt-rotor aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capability. (U.S.

  • Heithold to receive AFSOC Order of the Sword

    Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, was surprised April 29, by Chief Master Sgt. Matt Caruso and an assembly of Air Commandos with an engraved invitation to be inducted into the AFSOC Order of the Sword. The general will be the tenth individual to receive the

  • AFSOC hosts Warrior C.A.R.E. Summit

    Nearly 50 Air Commandos attended the Air Force Special Operations Command Warrior C.A.R.E. (Connection, Awareness, Resources, Endurance) Summit April 25-29 with their families at a hotel resort near Hurlburt Field, Fla. The event was part of the command's Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF)

  • AFSOC hosts Warrior C.A.R.E. Summit

    Nearly 50 Air Commandos attended the Air Force Special Operations Command Warrior C.A.R.E. (Connection, Awareness, Resources, Endurance) Summit April 25-29 with their families at a hotel resort near Hurlburt Field, Fla. The event was part of the command's Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF)

  • Creating an Air Commando

    (This article is the first part of the Creating an Air Commando series. These stories highlight the unique training pipeline for aircrew new to units that fall under Air Force Special Operations Command)There is a title not sewn on any uniform, not written on any orders and not specific to any job,

  • AF family shares experience with child’s autism

    (This is the sixth AFMS article for the Military Children’s Health Month series)    Four year-old Dawson Stock loves music and instruments –his mother says he is obsessed with the violin. He knows the alphabet forwards and backwards and is ready to read. Dawson is teaching himself the sign-language

  • Eagle Claw 36th Anniversary

    A Hurlburt Field Base Honor Guard member places a wreath during an Operation Eagle Claw memorial ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 25, 2016. This year marks the 36th anniversary of the rescue mission in Tehran, Iran, April 24, 1980. The wreath honored Maj. Richard Bakke, Maj. Harold Lewis Jr.,

  • RED HORSE paves the way

    Airmen with various RED HORSE and Civil Engineering squadrons prepare to pave a parking lot on Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 20, 2016. As part of a two-week milling and paving training course, more than 20 Airmen from across the globe participated by laying asphalt to repair a parking lot. (U.S. Air