Articles

  • Air Commandos arm a C-130

    Air Commandos from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit perform a foreign object debris walk at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 20, 2016. Performing a FOD walk ensures no debris is on the flightline that could cause damage to aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Dennis Spain)

  • 1st SOCES preserves endangered species habitat

    Just below the soil’s surface rests a small black and grey or white net-like patterned creature called the Ambystoma bishopi, also known as the reticulated flatwoods salamander, an endangered type of salamander whose habitat exists amongst the seasonal ponds found throughout the base.Per the base

  • 1st SOMXS Airman employs CPR to save a life

    It was a beautiful day July 3 in Dauphin Island, Alabama, the sun was bright, and the temperature was just right for a relaxing at the beach. However, the peace was suddenly broken when a woman’s screams filled the air.Tech. Sgt. Jason Mayfield, NCO in charge of aircraft structural maintenance with

  • 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

  • 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

  • 1 SOG continues inspection through fog

    An AC-130J Ghostrider awaits a pre-flight inspection at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 2, 2016. The Ghostrider’s primary mission is close air support and air interdiction. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Callaway)

  • Hurlburt Field hosts bone marrow drive

    The C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Recruitment and Research Program has scheduled a bone marrow drive, here, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Base Exchange, Mini-Mall and 1st Special Operations Medical Group, Nov. 16-18. Using this program, members of the DOD can volunteer to

  • 801st SOAMXS keeps mission going despite heavy rain

    A CV-22B Osprey is prepared to be towed into Freedom Hangar at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 27, 2015. The 801st SOAMXS crew chiefs continued normal operations despite the after-effects of Hurricane Patricia at Hurlburt Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Callaway/Released)

  • Personal Cyber Security Awareness

    Team Hurlburt, Over the past month several senior military and government officials have been subject to intrusions into their personal commercial e-mail accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc).   Below are steps Department of Defense personnel must take to help secure their personal computers, hand held