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  • 492nd SOSS medic responds to multi-vehicle car crash

    What started as a typical Sunday drive, quickly changed for Ryan Kainrath and his family.Loading his car with his wife and daughter March 6, 2023, Kainrath made the drive to his daughter’s horseback riding lesson, as he had several times. Coasting along, as they talked and listened to the radio,

  • 492d SOTRG Det 2 Flies Final Mission

    Major Daniel Kulp, 492d Special Operations Training Group Detachment 2, MC-130J evaluator pilot, runs checklists before take-off from Hurlburt Field, Florida, prior to the detachment's inactivation March 30, 2023. The detachment flew Air Force Special Operations Command's most advanced MC-130J,

  • JROTC cadets experience C-146A Wolfhound mission firsthand

    Choosing a career path can be fun especially when a new recruit gets to experience the Total Force effort. A group of cadets from Baker High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps got to experience firsthand the Air Force Special Operations Command mission right in their own backyard.

  • Reassignment of 6th Special Operations Squadron transitions a storied legacy

    The 492d Special Operations Group commander, Colonel Chris Lang, officiated a ceremony reassigning the 6th Special Operations Squadron at Duke Field, Florida, on Oct. 6, 2022. The ceremony furling the squadron’s flag honored a long history paving the way for a new mission at Cannon Air Force Base,

  • Virtual Reality Helps Air Commandos Modernize Training

    The 492d Special Operations Training Group recently hosted Air Education and Training Command’s Integrated Technology Platform team here on Hurlburt Field.ITP personnel visited Hurlburt Field to learn more about the unique training requirements and capabilities within the 492d Special Operations

  • Current Air Commandos Upkeep Building with “Powerful Heritage”

    “History makes you smart, heritage makes you proud.”This idea is what fueled four members of the 492d Special Operations Support Squadron, during a recent, off-duty volunteer event at the Air Commando Association headquarters building in Navarre, FL on July 21st.

  • 19 SOS Air Commando Carries Legacy of Fallen Hero Brother

    For those of us who have never lost a family member in the service of our nation, we cannot fathom the anguish of such a tragedy and the strength it takes to carry on.Staff Sgt. Joshua Ruiz, an Aviation Resource Manager with the 19th Special Operations Squadron, felt that pain when his brother, Navy

  • Air Force officer and single mother rockin’ work-life balance

    Excellence in all we do – this is one of the three core values of the U.S. Air Force.This core value is also something that Capt. Justina Keithley, 19th Special Operations Squadron U-28 Combat Systems Officer instructor, current operations flight commander, and single mother of two sons, embodies in