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  • AFE ensures safety for Air Commandos

    The 8th Special Operations Squadron aircrew flight equipment office inspects and maintains all flight equipment for the CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to ensure the successful completion of Air Force special operations missions any time, any place.

  • 1st SOMDSS opens ScriptCenter

    The 1st Special Operations Medical Group and 1st Special Operations Medical Support Squadron opened use of the brand new ScriptCenter, located in the base exchange on Sept. 4, 2020“It’s what we call, in the pharmacy world, an external will-call system,” said U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Braud, chief

  • 1st SOLRS ground transportation moves the mission

    Ground transportation specialists transport people, supplies, munitions and outsized expeditionary forces to assist the mission, ensuring mission essential delivery to special operations and conventional forces throughout the globe.

  • 1st SOW Spark Cell hosts Game Changers event

    1st Special Operations Wing personnel, Hsu Educational Foundation personnel, and attendees attend the 1st Special Operations Wing Spark Cell’s Game Changers event in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Sept. 26, 2020. Air Commandos with the 1st Special Operations Communications Squadron volunteered their

  • Hurlburt focuses on families through nursing rooms

    Units across Hurlburt Field welcomed the application of the U.S. Air Force Guidance Memorandum implemented August 14, 2020, establishing the requirement of lactation rooms for nursing mothers.This new memorandum requires units to provide a safe, quiet space for new mothers to take lactation breaks

  • 1st SOCES gives Hurlburt clean look after Hurricane Sally

    Pavements and construction equipment Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron remove fallen trees at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 18, 2020. Airmen with the 1st SOCES removed and cleaned fallen trees and debris throughout the installation caused by Hurricane Sally, ensuring

  • Hurlburt Field 9/11 ceremony

    A 9/11 memorial ceremony was held at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 11, 2020. The ceremony was especially dedicated to the hundreds of first responders who died on 9/11 while saving the lives of others.

  • Hurlburt Field conducts anti-terrorism/force protection exercise

    Members of the 1st Special Operations Wing conducted an exercise that simulated a terrorist attack on base to provide inspection teams the opportunity to assess how the base would respond in a real-world attack. Participants were permitted to take off their masks during designated portions of the

  • NDI Airmen investigate for the unseen

    Nondestructive inspection specialists ensure aircraft safety by using magnetic particles, fluorescent penetrants, and eddy currents to detect cracks in aircraft parts invisible to the naked eye. Fluorescent penetrants reveal cracks in aircraft parts that become visible under a black light, allowing

  • 1 SOW leadership attends FieldWerx military open

    The 1st Special Operations Wing Project 1 Innovation Cell held the FieldWerx military open event in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Aug. 24. The event showcased the FieldWerx Makerspace, provided through a partnership between the 1st SOW and the Hsu Educational Foundation to the base and local community