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  • Airmen, civilians unite to save mother, son from submerged vehicle

    The night was quiet in Navarre, Florida, until a deafening crash shattered the stillness. Moments later, cries for help echoed through the darkness.“All I could think was, someone is dying,” an Airman recalled.A car had veered off the road, crashing through a fence and flipping into a retention

  • WRANGB home to OA-1K Formal Training Unit

    On Nov 15, 2024, the 17th Special Operations Squadron hosted a ceremony to publicly observe its alignment under the 492d Special Operations Wing and reassignment to become the formal training unit for Air Force Special Operations Command’s newest aircraft, the OA-1K.

  • MST and 319 SOS validate ACE deployment capabilities

    Airmen from the 319th Special Operations Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Mission Sustainment Team demonstrated their ability to deploy and operate flexibly during a validation exercise at Trent Lott International Airport in Moss Point, Mississippi, Oct. 18-28, 2024.

  • AFSOC demonstrates ACE with historic highway landings

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing and 492d Special Operations Wing, participate in highway landings during Emerald Warrior 24 FTX II in Bono, Arkansas, August 4, 2024. The objective of the operation was to train aircrews on runway-agnostic operations to enable Air

  • 6th SOS realigns, 6th SOAMXS activated

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christoffer Tidwell took command of the 6th Special Operations Squadron during a ceremony that also realigned the squadron under the 492nd Special Operations Wing, July 9, 2024, here. Simultaneously, the 6th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was activated under

  • Foreign Air Attachés visit AFSOC

    Air Force Special Operations Command welcomed Air Attachés from 12 various allied and partner nations to Hurlburt Field, Florida, October 23, 2023.  Attaché tours are a key function of the Department of the Air Force Foreign Liaison Office, which organizes the engagements to enhance partners’

  • Annual conference refines military and civilian aviation safety

    The 492d Special Operations Wing safety office organized the annual Mid-Air Collision Avoidance conference at Destin Executive Airport in Destin, Florida, August 10, 2023.This year’s MACA conference brought together the 96th Test Wing from Eglin Air Force Base, the 919th Special Operations Wing from