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  • 1st SOMDOS: The human body maintainers

    Almost everyone on base is familiar with the medical group complex on the East side of base, but there's a lot more going on behind the brick walls and gleaming linoleum than meets the eye. At the core of the medical group is the 1st Special Operations Medical Operations Squadron. The squadron is

  • Wounded warrior turns battlefield experience into career helping others

    Tech. Sgt. Christian MacKenzie will remember April 13, 2004, forever; it was a day when an attack in the skies over Iraq pushed him down a grueling road of recovery and healing. Today, countless lives have been changed because of him and what happened that day. Sergeant MacKenzie, formerly a flight

  • 1st Special Operations Dental Squadron ranks first in Air Force

    The Airmen at Hurlburt Field are known for being leaders among leaders in the Air Force. But did you know the Airmen at Hurlburt are leading the Air Force with the highest cavity rate? Due to the high operations tempo and the duration, frequency and length of deployments, Hurlburt Field Airmen don't

  • Aerospace medicine squadron takes flight

    When the word aerospace is used, people usually think of aircraft, rockets, the sky and the space beyond our earth. But in a new squadron on base; activated alittle over a month ago, it refers to taking care of the people who work in that environment. The 1st Special Operations Aerospace Medicine

  • Think Lassie is cool? Check out what Rhett does ...

    He has an average build, but his eyes are a deep chocolate brown and his hair is long and wavy. When he sidles up to people, they can't resist his plaintive looks; they just have to pet him. His name is Rhett and he is a nine-year-old Border collie working with the birdstrikes control program. Rhett

  • While you were sleeping . . . Commandos were in action

    Every night, as millions of Americans sleep peacefully under the blanket of freedom U.S. servicemembers provide, Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines are in deep, dark places, far away from home, risking their lives to keep that blanket intact. This is the story of two of such Airmen. For their

  • Hurlburt Airman strives for 2008 Olympic team

    Like many, Senior Airman Christopher Anderson, 720th Operations Support Squadron, was attracted to the Air Force because of the unique opportunities it provides; he just didn't realize that one of those opportunities would be a chance to wrestle for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team. Although his duties as

  • Fallen Airmen memorialized forever

    On the heels of Memorial Day, the 720th Special Tactics Group dedicated a state-of-the-art training center and an adjacent roadway here Wednesday in honor of four Air Commandos killed in the line of duty in recent operations. On May 30, 2005 an Iraqi Air Force SL7 light aircraft crashed about 80

  • SOFEX students practice mission planning, execution

    Approximately 300 miles north of Hurlburt Field nestled in a valley of the Appalachian foothills lies a fictional place called "Alabamaland." It was there the 14th Special Operations Weapons Squadron conducted their annual Special Operations Forces Exercise May 10-17. The SOFEX is geared toward four

  • POL: Fueling the fight

    The most visible element of Hurlburt Field and its mission may be the aircraft flying overhead, but this mission wouldn't even get off the ground if there wasn't someone to meet the tremendous fuel requirements it takes to keep Hurlburt running on a day-to-day basis. This job is in the capable hands