Articles

  • Vehicle Maintenance flight keeps base rolling

    Senior Airman Elijah Sabree, 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle mechanic apprentice, operates a vehicle lift to replace the transmission on a Humvee on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 3, 2015. The vehicle maintenance flight maintains base vehicles including Humvees, fire trucks

  • 1 SOW welcomes home Air Commandos

    Family members wait for the returning deployed members during Operation Homecoming on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 7, 2015. Operation Homecoming is a program created to welcome home Airmen returning from a recent deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jeff Parkinson)

  • Special Tactics Airmen honored at memorial

    Two Special Tactics Airmen were honored during a private memorial service here today.More than 650 friends and family members gathered to mourn the loss of Tech. Sgt. Timothy Officer Jr. and Tech. Sgt. Marty Bettelyoun. They were fatally injured during a military freefall training accident on Eglin

  • Maintainers repair Osprey in the dark

    Maintainers with the 801st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron were flown out to Eglin Range Complex, Fla., to perform routine repairs on a CV-22B Osprey, July 28, 2015. The Osprey played an integral role during a recent task force exercise at Hurlburt Field, Fla. (U.S. Air Force

  • DAGRE sharpens skills during Task Force Exercise

    Senior Airman Daniel Santana, 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, deployed aircraft ground response element team member, briefs his team members on the flight line during a task force exercise at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 24, 2015. Exercise scenarios included downed aircraft site

  • Military working dog seeks ‘furever’ home

    Military working dog, Cleo, a 5-year-old German Sheppard has medically retired, here, and is ready to be adopted.The 75-pound German Sheppard was trained in a joint-service community at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. He was certified in detection and reported to duty at Hurlburt Field in

  • Golf tournament raises money for Hurlburt’s AF Ball

    Gator Lakes Golf Course hosted a fundraiser golf tournament here in support of the Hurlburt Field Air Force Ball, July 24. Eight weeks of coordination and planning by Master Sgt. David Lange, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron first sergeant and lead coordinator, and Senior Master Sgt. Michelle Lange,

  • Aircrew Flight Equipment: ensuring a safe landing

    Staff Sgt. Ambyr Lalone, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment craftsman, opens a parachute for re-packing on Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 23, 2015. The pilot chute is a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy the main or reserve parachute. The pilot chute is connected to

  • AFSOC receives first AC-130J

    The first AC-130J Ghostrider landed here, July 29, making it Air Force Special Operations Command’s first AC-130J.After completing the initial developmental test and evaluation by the 413th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, the aircraft will be flown by the 1st Special

  • Key Spouses create environment for Airmen, families to thrive

    In a letter to all squadron commanders and first sergeants earlier this month, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III called attention to the importance of preparing “our Airmen and families for challenges that exist today and tomorrow.”He emphasized one way commanders and first sergeants