1 SOMXS activation absorbs 2 deactivating squadrons

Airmen sing the Air Force Song during the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron activation ceremony, Aug. 10, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. During the ceremony, the 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron and 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron deactivated, forming the newly-activated 1st SOMXS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Chief Master Sgt. George Anderson, 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, holds the recently-activated 1st SOMXS guidon during an activation ceremony. The newly-activated squadron consists of eight flights with more than 600 active duty, civilian and contracted personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Maj. Jonathan E. Izworski, 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron commander, speaks at his unit’s activation ceremony, Aug. 10, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. During the ceremony, the 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron deactivated and formed the newly activated 1st SOMXS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Airmen stand at attention during the presentation of colors at the 1st SOMXS activation ceremony, Aug. 10, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. During the ceremony, the 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron deactivated and formed the newly activated 1st SOMXS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Colonel Rene M. Leon, 1st Special Operations Maintenance Group commander, and Maj. Jonathan E. Izworski, former 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron commander, furls the 1st SOEMS guidon during its deactivation ceremony, Aug. 10, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. During the ceremony, the 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron deactivated and formed the newly activated 1st SOMXS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Colonel Rene M. Leon, 1st Special Operations Maintenance Group commander, and Maj. Jonathan E. Izworski, former 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron commander, furl the 1st SOCMS guidon during its deactivation ceremony, Aug. 10, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. During the ceremony, the 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron deactivated and formed the newly activated 1st SOMXS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Colonel Rene M. Leon, 1st Special Operations Maintenance Group commander, and Maj. Jonathan E. Izworski,1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron commander, raise the newly activated 1st SOMXS guidon, Aug. 10, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. During the ceremony, the 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron deactivated and formed the newly activated 1st SOMXS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Airmen bow their heads as Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Patrick Travers, 1st Special Operations Wing, provides the invocation during the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron activation ceremony, Aug. 10, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. During the ceremony, the 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron deactivated and formed the newly activated 1st SOMXS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron stand at attention during the squadron’s activation ceremony, Aug. 10, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The 1st SOMXS is a combination of the recently deactivated 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron and 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron-. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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1 SOMXS activation absorbs 2 deactivating squadrons

Airmen stand at attention for the presentation of the colors during the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron’s activation ceremony, Aug. 10, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The squadron was deactivated on June 21, 2013, and is a combination of the recently deactivated 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron and 1stSpecial Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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1 SOMXS activation absorbs 2 deactivating squadrons

Published Aug. 15, 2015
By Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy
1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs

HURLBURT FIELD, Fl -- Airmen sing the Air Force Song during the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron activation ceremony, Aug. 10, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. During the ceremony, the 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron and 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron deactivated, forming the newly-activated 1st SOMXS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)