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Feb. 27, 2025
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.
Jan. 9, 2024
371st Special Operations Combat Training Squadron increases reach, brings training to audience

Members of the 371st Special Operations Combat Training Squadron Mobile Training Team (MTT), brought the new Special Operations Task Unit-192 course to a mission sustainment team assigned to Cannon Air Force Base last quarter.Over the course of a month, 371st SOCTS executed two iterations of
Oct. 24, 2023
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’
Sept. 22, 2023
COMAFSOC releases 2023 Strategic Guidance

Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, Commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, released the 2023 AFSOC strategic guidance on September 18.
Aug. 3, 2023
Davis-Monthan AFB identified as AFSOC’s next power projection wing

The 492nd Special Operations Wing is slated to become a power projection wing with all of AFSOC’s mission capabilities.
July 14, 2023
492d SOTRG change of command, Air Commando Development Center-Provisional activation

Today, Colonel Brian Helton relinquished command to Colonel Robert Johnston who is now dual-hatted as commander of the 492d Special Operations Training Group and the Air Commando Development Center-Provisional, ACDC-P.The evolution to ACDC-P with this change of command signifies Air Force Special
June 1, 2023
Hurlburt Field Honorary Commanders change command, welcome new community leaders

Base leadership welcomed their local community counterparts as part of the 2023-2024 Honorary Commander Program here, May 31.
May 30, 2023
AFSOC’s second summit tackles how to instill mission command

Air Force Special Operations Command’s second Mission Command Summit concluded its three-day event on May 18 with the goal to generate how to instill a culture of mission command across the formation.
April 27, 2023
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,
April 17, 2023
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,

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