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  • Leadership insights meet culinary creativity

    Airmen and senior leaders gathered at a dorm community kitchen for a 90-minute cooking class focused on personal and professional development at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 11, 2025.The interactive event featured a hands-on cooking lesson and provided an opportunity for Airmen to engage with

  • Digital Content Refresh 2025

    In alignment with Department of Defense Instruction 5400.17 and recent Executive Orders issued by President Donald J. Trump, certain posts have been archived and removed or are in the process of being removed or modified, to maintain consistency with federal guidance and uphold the integrity of our

  • AFSOC reveals name for OA-1K: Skyraider II

    The commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, today announced the name of the OA-1K, which will be known as the Skyraider II. The announcement took place during the 2025 Special Air Warfare Symposium.

  • Hurlburt Field honors Ratchet 33 crew

    Airmen and families gathered for a memorial run to honor the crew members of Ratchet 33 at Hurlburt Field, Feb. 13, 2025. On Feb. 18, 2012, a U-28A Draco from the 34th Special Operations Squadron, known as Ratchet 33, crashed near Djibouti, Africa, while supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM,

  • CSAF Letter to Airmen on Standards

    CSAF Allvin released a video explaining why our service is reviewing certain policies and standards to ensure they are easy to understand, easy to comply with, and easy to enforce across our entire Air Force. Today, he is following through on his promise to swiftly distribute updates.

  • 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