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  • 20th SOS faces present, future challenges

    With the stature and capabilities of the MH-53 PAVE LOW - the Air Force's most powerful and technologically advanced helicopter - sometimes it's easy to forget the people behind the machines. The nature of the Global War on Terrorism demands on-site special operations forces, and consequently, the

  • TACP training

    Often seen running on Hurlburt Field roads with ruck sacks, M-16s and bright orange helmets are the tactical air control party students from Detachment 3, 342nd Training Squadron. When U.S. troops are in combat, the close air support could be called in by a Tactical Air Control Party that trained at

  • HVAC keeps their cool when things get hot

    What do you do when it is 92 degrees outside and the air conditioning stops working? It's time to call the 16th Civil Engineer Squadron's Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Unit. The HVAC/R section provides facility heating and cooling for base personnel and equipment. They

  • Hurlburt Field firefighters do it all

    Thanks to television and the movies, people think firefighters sit around playing cards or watching television when they're not out fighting fires - just kicking back waiting for the bell to sound, propelling them into action. That's not the case at the Hurlburt Field fire stations. Graduating from

  • Space academy: Pair of Hurlburt youths have the Right Stuff

    Dreams of flying high got a space shuttle sized boost for two Hurlburt Field youths. Ben Chastain, 14-year-old son of Tech. Sgt. Mike and Laura Chastain, and Regan Roshetko, 12-year-old son of Lt. Col. Chet and Carla Roshetko, were selected to attend a week-long Space Academy course at Huntsville,

  • Combat Aviation Advisors Do you have what it takes?

    (This is part four of a four-part series on the 6th SOS) The 6th Special Operations Squadron is a combat aviation advisory unit whose mission is to assess, train, advise and assist foreign air forces on airpower employment, sustainment and working with other military forces. A combat aviation

  • Dagger Point: Retired Lt. Col. Jerry Klingaman discusses operations in Laos

    (Dagger Point is a multi-part series focusing in Air Commando history.) Lt. Col. Jerome "Jerry" Klingaman, 6th Special Operations Squadron director of strategy and plans, was the air operations center commander and air combat advisor during two consecutive deployments to Laos. During his first

  • Dagger Point: Lt. Col. Alvarez talks of faith, courage, determination

    (Dagger Point is a multi-part series focusing on Air Commando history.) Lt. Col. John Alvarez, 6th Special Operations Squadron commander, was a Navy helicopter pilot on loan to the 20th SOS as part of a military exchange program in 1996. He, a Navy SEAL and an Ecuadorian army pilot crashed into a

  • AFSOC Airmen, spouses visit Cannon Air Force Base

    "It's not Hurlburt, but you can't make comparisons between the two," said Chief Master Sgt. Dexter Mitchell, 16th Maintenance Group chief of production and wing weapons manager. Chief Mitchell and his wife, Kathryn, were part of a group of 46 Air Force Special Operations Command Airmen and spouses