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  • Staff Sgt. Jeremy Castro, 19th Special Operations Squadron special missions aviator poses in front of an AC-130J Ghostrider March 19, 2021, at Hurlburt Field, Florida.

    19 SOS Airman uses heritage as motivation to succeed

    Staff Sgt. Jeremy Castro, 19th Special Operations Squadron special missions aviator, is a prime example of the diversity of the members who make up that melting pot. Castro is the first member of his family to be born in the U.S.
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    AFSOCs historic first PTN team takes flight

    For the first time in Air Force Special Operations Command history, two new graduates from the Air Education and Training Command’s Pilot Training Next (PTN), served as aircraft commander and co-pilot on a mission sortie.
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Eric Hill, deputy commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, places stars on an Honor Tree

    AFSOC leadership remember fallen Airmen with Honor Trees

    Leadership with Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, 1st Special Operations Wing and 24th SOW, carried on a holiday tradition by placing red, white and blue stars to honor 365 fallen Airmen, Dec. 4, 2020.
  • Photo of five people shoveling dirl

    Duke Field breaks ground on aircraft simulator facility

    Members of Air Force Special Operations Command broke ground on an aircraft simulator facility at Duke Field, Florida, Nov. 9, 2020 during a joint ceremony hosted by the 492d and 919th Special Operations Wings.
  • Master Sgt. Jamie Sparks and his wife, Angela

    592 SOMXS Air Commando Saves Life

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jamie Sparks, an aircraft electrical and environmental systems specialist with the 592nd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, and his wife, Angela, saved the life of an unconscious man in his vehicle, stopped in the road in Niceville, Florida, April 23, 2020.
  • C-146A Wolfhounds sit on the flightline at Duke Field, Florida, in 2019. Citizen Air Commandos from the Reserve's 919th Special Operations Wing work alongside active-duty members and contractos to ensure the Wolfhounds are able to execute missions in austere environments around the globe on short notice. (Senior Airman Dylan Gentile)

    Schoolhouse Innovation: Special operations maintainers get creative to keep unique aircraft flying

    In a small hangar in northwest Florida, a unique maintenance enterprise is forging ahead with innovative techniques for training on and maintaining an aircraft most members of the Air Force have never seen.
  • Off-Duty Air Commandos Volunteer

    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.
  • Airmen participate in USAFSOS distance learning on May 7, 2020. As the entire world faces the full force of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command School has not only increased their overall education output but also has switched to entirely remote learning to accommodate all Special Operations Forces students, world-wide.

    U.S. Air Force Special Operations School excels through innovation during COVID-19

    As the entire world faces the full force of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command School has not only increased their overall education output but also has switched to entirely remote learning to accommodate all Special Operations Forces students, world-wide.Since 1967, USAFSOS has served as the bedrock of Special
  • Joshua Ruiz and Manuel Ruiz

    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 Corpsman Petty Officer 3rd Class Manuel Ruiz, 21,
  • Captain Keithley with her two sons

    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 her daily life.“[Keithley] is hard-working –
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