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  • Air Commandos welcomed home during Operation Homecoming

    More than 80 Air Commandos were reunited with family members and friends during an Operation Homecoming at the Deployment Control Center on Hurlburt Field, Jan. 13, 2016. Operation Homecoming is a program created to welcome home Airmen returning from a deployment overseas.

  • FLANG teams up with 1 SOW

    The Florida Air National Guard and the 1st Special Operations Wing have teamed up to form an Air National Guard Classic Association.  The Florida Air National Guard will add to the 8th Special Operations Squadron and the 801st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.  “The objectives for standing up an ANG

  • Maintaining the Force

    As the sun sets over the flightline and most units have gone home for the night, maintenance Airmen are attending roll call and issued their tools before making their way out to aircraft to begin their shift. Crew chiefs with the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit are trained to diagnose malfunctions on

  • Hurlburt’s CMSgts congratulate newest Chief selects

    Hurlburt Field’s newest chief master sergeant selects gather for a photo with current chief master sergeants at the Air Park, Hurlburt Field, Fla., Dec. 17, 2015. Chief master sergeant is the highest enlisted rank, making up 1 percent of the enlisted Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman

  • New TLF now open at Hurlburt

    The 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron new temporary lodging facility (TLF) is now open after a ribbon cutting ceremony Dec. 18, 2015, here.Col. Sean Farrell, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing, hosted the event for Airmen and their families."The TLF modernization and the

  • Joining the fleet

    An aircrew with the 1st Special Operations Wing traveled to Lockheed Martin Corp. in Marietta, Ga., Dec. 11, to pick up a new addition to the fleet, an MC-130J Commando II. The MC-130J will undergo modifications to become an AC-130J Ghostrider, which will provide the 1 SOW with close air support

  • Performance coach Jairek Robbins visits Air Commandos

    Jairek Robbins, a performance coach, asks Airmen to raise their hands as part of an exercise during his presentation at the Soundside Club, Hurlburt Field, Fla., Dec. 9, 2015. During the two-day visit, Robbins met with Airmen around Hurlburt Field to better understand Air Force Special Operations

  • Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron named best in DOD

    The Department of Defense named the 801st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron the 2015 winner of the Phoenix Award for Maintenance Excellence, during this year’s secretary of defense awards ceremony held Dec. 8.The Phoenix Award is presented annually to designate the single best

  • Doolittle Raider visits Hurlburt Airmen

    One of the last surviving Doolittle Raiders visited Air Commandos, here, Dec. 9.Retired Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, co-pilot to Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle during the Doolittle Raid, was at the 319th Special Operations Squadron for a Q&A session.Air Commandos asked various questions about

  • Inaugural Gulf Shores Detection Showdown

    Sniff, Sniff, Sniff! A dog’s nose is far busier than a human’s, and this past weekend, those K-9 snouts were put to the test during the Inaugural Gulf Shores Detection Showdown.The showdown was hosted Dec. 5-6 by the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron K-9 unit as a friendly competition,