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  • Hurlburt chapel host resiliency date night for Air Commandos

    The 1st SOW Chaplain Corps has begun a new program called the Marriage & Family Resiliency Program to support Airmen and their family members by helping them develop personal strengths and protective factors to guard their relationships.

  • 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)

  • BPACS strengthens U.S. and Latin American relations

    The United States Special Operations schoolhouse, here, graduated 34 attendees July 22, from the Building Partnership Aviation Capacity Seminar.The BPACS is a two week course, held four times a year, which brings aviation-minded partner national military personnel together with U.S. civilians and

  • Hurlburt’s second J-model gunship arrives

    An AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, Block 20 model, arrives at Hurlburt Field, Fla., for the first time July 18, 2016. This aircraft is the first of 21 AC-130Js with the 105mm canon modification scheduled to be delivered here. The AC-130J Ghostrider's primary missions are close air support, air

  • 1st SOLRS Airmen contributes to mission success

    Senior Airman Lisa Exline, a vehicle operator with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, relays a message to dispatchers at the Vehicle Operation Control Center at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 15, 2016. The 1st SOLRS transports Air Commandos to events such as changes of command,

  • Airmen welcomed home during Operation Homecoming

    A child raises a poster to celebrate her father’s return from deployment during Operation Homecoming at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 7, 2016. The returning Airmen were welcomed home by family, friends and coworkers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Dennis Spain)

  • 1 SOMXS Airmen prevent corrosion

    Airman 1st Class Taylor Hill, an aircraft structural maintenance journeyman with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, puts on a full-face respirator mask before painting an engine kit at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 29, 2016. Corrosion specialist wear these masks to protect themselves from

  • 505th CTS re-opens newly renovated facility

    The 505th Combat Training Squadron held a ribbon-cutting ceremony here, June 27, for the re-opening of the Air Component Control Facility, or the “Mezz”, after seven months of construction.The 505th CTS is a tenant unit located here that conducts virtual exercises such as Blue Flag and the Joint

  • Hurlburt agencies partner to promote healthy lifestyle

    More than two dozen children participated in the third week of the 2016 Summer Reading Program at the Hurlburt Field Library June 23.This year the Summer Reading Program theme is Summer Olympics and called ‘Read-for the win.’Week three highlights eating right. Those in attendance learned the

  • Former vice commander takes reins of the 1st SOW

    Col. Tom Palenske took command of the 1st Special Operations Wing during a change of command ceremony, here, June 10. Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, presided over the ceremony in which Palenske, the former vice commander of the 1st SOW, assumed command