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  • Hurlburt Spouse’s Club gives back to Airmen, families, base

    When the words 'spouse's club' are mentioned, an image of dainty ladies in hats and gloves sipping tea and discussing the latest tittle-tattle comes to mind. The Hurlburt Spouse's Club is anything but that. The HSC has more than 140 members involved in many activities on and off base helping either

  • AC-130U gunships become even Spookier

    The 4th Special Operations Squadron received four new aircraft with a new arsenal requiring new kind of training for the flight crews aboard the AC-130U Spooky gunships. The new aircraft will sport two 30 mm guns to replace the existing 25 mm Gatling-gun and 40 mm Bofors cannon that have been a part

  • 8th AMU new kid on the tarmac

    The 8th Aircraft Maintenance Unit may be the smallest and newest maintenance squadron at Hurlburt Field, but they are fired up about their mission and the aircraft they're responsible for safekeeping. Sharing space with the MH-53 PAVE LOWs in Independence Hangar, they're responsible for the

  • Chaplains: serving base, deployed units, community

    Whether it's a retirement, a change of command or services on the weekend, the Hurlburt Field chaplains are always present and ready to help Airmen and their families at "Anytime, Anyplace." The chapel has six chaplains and six chaplain assistants, but at any given time, four are deployed to

  • A Salute to Fallen Heros

    1st Special Operations WingAirman 2nd Class Billy R. Henson Airman 1st Class Robert L. Westfall Airman 1st Class Jeff N. Cecil Airman 1st Class William T. Hansely, Jr. Airman 1st Class Charles A. Volack, Jr. Senior Airman Derek C. Hughes Sergeant Barry M. Clark Sergeant Damon J. Kanuha Sergeant

  • Tilt-wing aircraft traces beginnings to 1954

    While the CV-22 platform may seem to some like a fairly recent flying concept, the idea of a rotor driven aircraft that could vector its thrust surfaced as far back as the 1950s. In 1951, Bell Helicopter began the XV-3 development under a joint Army-Air Force program. This design resembled more of a

  • Blue evolution – tracing U.S. Air Force history

    The Air Force's humble beginnings can be traced back to the time of the Civil War, with the use of hot air balloons for artillery spotting. On Aug. 1, 1907, the US Army Signal Corps established a small Aeronautical Division to take charge of all matters pertaining to military ballooning, air

  • 1st SOW assets played major role in operations Desert Storm, Desert Shield

    This is the fifth in a series of Air Commando history articles leading up to the reactivation of the 1st Special Operations Wing here Nov. 16) President George H.W. Bush ordered ground, sea and air forces to Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf as part of a multi-national operation named Desert Shield

  • The history of the 1st Special Operations Wing revisited

    The 1st Special Operations Wing (SOW) has a rich and honored history that began in Burma and continues at Hurlburt Field. The 1st SOW can trace its lineage back to "Project 9" which evolved into the 1st Air Commando Group during World War II. During the Quebec Trident Conference of August 1943, it

  • Air Commando Medal of Honor recipients

    Maj. Bernard Fisher 1st Air Commando Squadron Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. On that date, the special forces camp at A Shau was under attack by 2,000 North Vietnamese Army regulars. Hostile troops had positioned