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Mission: Deliver responsive and relevant education, to enable Air Commando excellence in complex and ambiguous operational environments world-wide. "Turning Airmen into Air Commandos since 1967." In April 1967, the U. S. Air Force Special Air Warfare School was activated at Hurlburt Field under the Special Air Warfare Center, then located at Eglin AFB. In 1968, the school was redesignated the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School. During its formative years, the school's main thrust was the preparation of Air Force personnel for duty in Southeast Asia. Since then, the USAFSOS curriculum has grown from a single course of instruction with 300 graduates per year to 78 classes representing 28 formal courses a year and approximately 25 off-station tutorials. For more USAFSOS history, click here.
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USAFSOS has redesigned its curriculum and methods of delivery.  USAFSOS now offers Remote Learning, On-Demand, and select Face-to-Face courses concentrating on indoctrination and pre-deployment requirements.

USAFSOS Mission

Mission: Execute operational Military education to forge Airmen ready to lead multi-national and joint teams across the spectrum of multi-domain operations during peace and wartime.


Vision: The USAF & SOCOM preeminent educational center of excellence for Airpower in Irregular Warfare, Leadership, regional, and cultural studies.

Course List

Leadership Development
  • Flight Leadership
  • AFSOC Leadership Development
  • AFSOC Staff Action Officer Development
  • AFSOC Squadron Leadership 
Warfighting
  • Air Commando Indoctrination Academics
  • Special Operations Task Unit
  • Special Operations Task Group
Force Protection
  • Dynamics of International Terrorism
  • SOF Antiterrorism Level 2
Theater Engagement
  • AFRICOM Orientation
  • CENTCOM Orientation
  • EUCOM Orientation
  • INDOPACOM Orientation
  • SOUTHCOM/NORTHCOM Orientation
  • AFRICOM Operations
  • CENTCOM Operations
  • EUCOM Operations
  • INDOPACOM Operations
  • SOUTHCOM Operations
  • NORTHCOM Operations

 
Culture and Language
  • Intercultural Competencies for Engagements
  • Negotiations for AFSOF
Security Cooperation
  • Building Partner Aviation Capacity Seminar

 

*For more information, please see Course Schedule below

 

 

 

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 Registrar/Student Support: 
  • COMM: 850-884-4757/58
  • COMM: 850-884-8368  
  • (DSN 579-4757)
By Email:
Adjunct Instructor:
Interested in becoming an adjunct instructor?
Email USAFSOS by Clicking HERE

USAFSOS Documents

USAFSOS History

The USAF Special Operations School is the product of a 58-year evolutionary process. The process began in March 1961 when President John F. Kennedy, responding to Chairman Nikita S. Khruschev's clarion call for "wars of national liberation," cited the need for countering "subversion and guerilla warfare" that were the heart of Communist insurgency.  As a result, the Air Force increased the emphasis given to special air warfare training. 

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