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US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jeremy Sparks (Foreground), from Air Force Special Operations Command, watches while his partner performs a person search of the simulated perpetrator during the Base Response portion of DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on October 31st, 2000. DEFENDER CHALLENGE is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness events, base defense, and policing skills over six days

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jeremy Sparks (Foreground), from Air Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Anthony Bechtold, Air Force Special Operations Command, fires his M16A2 rifle down range during the combat rifle competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, during DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness, base defense and policing skills over six days

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Anthony Bechtold, Air Force Special Operat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE '00 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera ... More

U.S. Air Force LT. GEN. Wooley (2nd from left), Commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, escorted by COL. O.G. Mannon (right), Commander,16th Special Operations Wing, and Command CHIEF MASTER SGT. Richard T. Small (back), 16th Special Operations Wing, arrives to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan at Hurlburt Field, Fla., on Sept. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kimberly Gilligan) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force LT. GEN. Wooley (2nd from left), Commander of Air Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Kimberly Gilligan, USAF Release Status: Re... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Harrell, a vehicle

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Harrell, a vehicle

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Harrell, a vehicle maintenance craftsman from 823rd Red Horse Squadron, assists in loading a truck with cargo that will be shipped to McGuire Air Force Base in a restoration effo... More

A team of air commandos assigned to the 23rd Special

A team of air commandos assigned to the 23rd Special

A team of air commandos assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron carry a zodiac to the water during a Monster Mash June 28, 2013, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. A Monster Mash is a competition which combines phys... More

Air Force Special Operations Command and 1st Special

Air Force Special Operations Command and 1st Special

Air Force Special Operations Command and 1st Special Operations Wing leadership await the arrival of the Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force Gen. Stephen W. Wilson at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Nov. 1, 2016. W... More

Hurlburt hosted a softball championship, Battle of

Hurlburt hosted a softball championship, Battle of

Hurlburt hosted a softball championship, Battle of the Badges, at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 14. The Battle of the Badges is a softball tournament in which police officers and firefighters from Okaloosa County... More

Hurlburt Field AC-130 gunships after rainstorm

Hurlburt Field AC-130 gunships after rainstorm

AC-130 gunships are parked on the flightline after a morning rainstorm at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Nov. 9, 2018. The AC-130 is a heavily modified C-130 aircraft designed to provide close air support, air interd... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft structural maintainer from Fabrication Flight, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron, sands an engine from a C-130 aircraft at Corrosion Cont... More

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat controller assists a Nepalese Mahabir Ranger cut into a wall during collapsed structure training Oct. 16, 2017, in Kathmandu, Nepal. 320th STS operators te... More

Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance

Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance

Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron greet U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. William Holt, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) director of operations, during a visit Dec. 12, 2017, at ... More

A U.S. Air Force MC-12W aircraft assigned to the 137th

A U.S. Air Force MC-12W aircraft assigned to the 137th

A U.S. Air Force MC-12W aircraft assigned to the 137th Special Operations Wing awaits a preflight inspection at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City Jan. 9, 2018. The MC-12 is a twin engine turb... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Alexzandria Weiss,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Alexzandria Weiss,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Alexzandria Weiss, a services specialist from the 193rd Special Operations Force Support Squadron, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, serves lunch to Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, Na... More

Members of the Air Force sitting volleyball team practice

Members of the Air Force sitting volleyball team practice

Members of the Air Force sitting volleyball team practice during the South East Regional Caregiver Support Training, Adaptive Sports and Recovery Services, Recovering Airman Mentorship Program Training, Employm... More

Air Commandos attend a Dynamics of International Terrorism

Air Commandos attend a Dynamics of International Terrorism

Air Commandos attend a Dynamics of International Terrorism demonstration at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 30, 2019. The DIT demonstration is part of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School FP100 DIT Course... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anthony Lawson, a pavement

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anthony Lawson, a pavement

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anthony Lawson, a pavement and construction equipment apprentice with the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, operates a front end loader while removing Hurricane Sal... More

An F-22 Raptor from the Air Combat Command Raptor

An F-22 Raptor from the Air Combat Command Raptor

An F-22 Raptor from the Air Combat Command Raptor Demonstration Team performs an unrestricted climb during the U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Chapman Medal of Honor celebration aerial demonstration at Hurlburt... More

Team Hurlburt held a Christmas tree lighting ceremony

Team Hurlburt held a Christmas tree lighting ceremony

Team Hurlburt held a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Dec. 2, 2016. In addition to the tree lighting, Air Commandos and families celebrated the holiday season by pinning yellow ribbons ... More

Maj. Ryan Mittelstet, Maj. Brett Cassidy and Tech.

Maj. Ryan Mittelstet, Maj. Brett Cassidy and Tech.

Maj. Ryan Mittelstet, Maj. Brett Cassidy and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Nin were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 21, 2017. While assigned to the 8th Expeditio... More

CV-22 Osprey's from the 352d Special Operations Wing

CV-22 Osprey's from the 352d Special Operations Wing

CV-22 Osprey's from the 352d Special Operations Wing and HH-60 Pave Hawks from the 48th Fighter Wing flew together in a joint formation around southern England Aug. 31, 2017. This flight gave pilots of both uni... More

A U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster

A U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster

A U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster monitors two U.S. Air Force 33rd Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawks during helicopter air to air refueling (HAAR) with a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Command... More

The 193rd Special Operations Wing command welcomes

The 193rd Special Operations Wing command welcomes

The 193rd Special Operations Wing command welcomes home fellow Airmen as they return from deployment, Oct. 25, 2017, at the 193rd SOW, Middletown, Pennsylvania. The 193rd SOW returned home more than 50 Airmen w... More

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators prepare for military free fall operations from a U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II Feb. 20, 2018, at Chandy Range, Th... More

A Tactical Air Control Party specialist approaches

A Tactical Air Control Party specialist approaches

A Tactical Air Control Party specialist approaches an enemy position while participating in a field training exercise, or FTX, at Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center in Arkansas, April 14, 2018. The FTX, Apri... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Terrence L. Koudelka, 193rd Special

U.S. Air Force Col. Terrence L. Koudelka, 193rd Special

U.S. Air Force Col. Terrence L. Koudelka, 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, addresses 193rd SOW Airmen during an assumption of command ceremony August 11, 2018 in Middlet... More

Valerie Nessel, widow of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.

Valerie Nessel, widow of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.

Valerie Nessel, widow of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John A. Chapman, poses with a plaque of Chapman on a C-32 assigned to the 89th Airlift Wing on Oct. 26, 2018, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The C-32 was dedicat... More

Oklahoma Air National Guard Capt. Cristi Campbell,

Oklahoma Air National Guard Capt. Cristi Campbell,

Oklahoma Air National Guard Capt. Cristi Campbell, 285th Special Operations Intelligence Squadron intelligence analyst, listens as Minnesota Army National Guard Maj. Beau Birkholz, 34th Infantry Division (34th ... More

A 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron

A 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron

A 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron defender carries the M18 Sig Sauer Modular Handgun System during a shift change at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Sept. 21, 2020. Over 250 27 SOSFS Airmen have q... More

Air Commandos assigned to the 1st Special Operations

Air Commandos assigned to the 1st Special Operations

Air Commandos assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing embark a ground transport vehicle at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 30, 2020. Ground transportation specialists with the 1st Special Operations Logistic... More

A deployed aircraft ground response element Airman

A deployed aircraft ground response element Airman

A deployed aircraft ground response element Airman with the 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron shoots blanks at an enemy target during an exercise July 27, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The DAGRE team... More

Members of Team Hurlburt's leadership recongize 16

Members of Team Hurlburt's leadership recongize 16

Members of Team Hurlburt's leadership recongize 16 chief master sergeant selects at Hurburt Field, Fla., Dec. 6, 2017. Chief master sergeant is the highest enlisted rank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Cla... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew Jett, commander of the 492nd

U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew Jett, commander of the 492nd

U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew Jett, commander of the 492nd Special Operations Wing, addresses Carpetbaggers during a change of command ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 20, 2019. The 492nd Special Operatio... More

U.S. Space Force Maj. Robert Lerner (right), warfighting

U.S. Space Force Maj. Robert Lerner (right), warfighting

U.S. Space Force Maj. Robert Lerner (right), warfighting division chief with the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School, is sworn into the U.S. Space Force by U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Adolfo Gorbea (left), com... More

Senior Airman Steven Santos, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron,

Senior Airman Steven Santos, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron,

Senior Airman Steven Santos, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, conducts air traffic control Dec. 10, 2010, at Eglin Air Force Base's Field 6, Fla. Over a dozen 23rd STS airmen parachuted from a C-130 into the drop... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Wing, takes the 1st Special Operations Wing guidon from U.S. Air Force Col. Tom Palenske, outgoing commander of the 1 SOW, during a c... More

Rounds of 7.62mm ammunition are grouped together for

Rounds of 7.62mm ammunition are grouped together for

Rounds of 7.62mm ammunition are grouped together for each student during Marine Special Operations School’s Individual Training Course weapons training, April 10, 2017, at Camp Lejeune, N.C. For the first time,... More

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, speaks during a Silver Star Medal ceremony, Dec. 15, 2017, at Hurlburt Field. Chief Master Sgt. Michael West, a Special Tactics operator wi... More

Four CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft taxi for takeoff

Four CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft taxi for takeoff

Four CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft taxi for takeoff from Yokohama North Dock, Japan, April 5, 2018. Approximately 100 Airmen and five Ospreys deployed to Yokota Air Base to participate in regional exercises. ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with the 3d Marine Raider

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with the 3d Marine Raider

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with the 3d Marine Raider Battalion prepare 60 mm mortar rounds at Eglin Range, Fla., May 22, 2018. Marine Raiders fired high-explosive and illumination rounds from an M224 mortar as p... More

A plaque of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Chapman

A plaque of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Chapman

A plaque of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Chapman is revealed to Valerie Nessel, the widow of Chapman, during an aircraft dedication ceremony on Oct. 26, 2018, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. A C-32 assigned to t... More

U.S. Airmen from the 201st RED HORSE Squadron, Pennsylvania

U.S. Airmen from the 201st RED HORSE Squadron, Pennsylvania

U.S. Airmen from the 201st RED HORSE Squadron, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, gather together with their friends and family Sept. 14, 2019, in Annville, Pennsylvania. Friends, family and loved ones bid farewe... More

Fourteen Air Commandos with the 4th Special Operations

Fourteen Air Commandos with the 4th Special Operations

Fourteen Air Commandos with the 4th Special Operations Squadron were presented 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses and 12 Air Medals by U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, commander of Air Force Special Operations Co... More

Women toss rose petals into the reflecting pool of

Women toss rose petals into the reflecting pool of

Women toss rose petals into the reflecting pool of the Women in Military Service for America memorial during a ceremony that honored the 15 fallen women of the U.S. Armed Forces since 2012, Oct. 21, 2017, in Wa... More

U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Fernando Paez, Alpha Troop

U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Fernando Paez, Alpha Troop

U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Fernando Paez, Alpha Troop 6-17 Calvary, 4th Infantry Brigade Apache crew chief, performs maintenance on an AH-64D Apache during Emerald Warrior 16 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 6, 2016.... More

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, addresses Air Commandos and honored guests in a ceremony at Duke Field, Florida, January 6, 2018, in which Combat Aviation advisors unveile... More

An Oklahoma Army National Guardsman uses Centers for

An Oklahoma Army National Guardsman uses Centers for

An Oklahoma Army National Guardsman uses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-approved methods to disinfect the railing around an open stairwell of the Norman Veterans Center in Norman, Oklahoma, April 29... More

A U.S. Air Force combat controller secures a wingman's

A U.S. Air Force combat controller secures a wingman's

A U.S. Air Force combat controller secures a wingman's rifle during Emerald Warrior 2015 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 23, 2015. Emerald Warrior is the Department of Defense's only irregular warfare exer... More

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, left, speaks

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, left, speaks

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, left, speaks to Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 17, 2017. Wilson awarded ten AFSOC Air Commandos v... More

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator jumps from a U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II during a bilateral friendship jump Feb. 22, 2018 at Thai Air Force Ba... More

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson rides a CV-22

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson rides a CV-22

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson rides a CV-22 Osprey during a familiarization flight on May 3, 2018, over Eglin Range, Fla. Wilson visited Air Commandos, talked with senior leadership, engaged local c... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jessie Huynh-Toor, a physician

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jessie Huynh-Toor, a physician

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jessie Huynh-Toor, a physician assistant with the 1st Special Operations Medical Group, sits inside of a treatment room at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 6, 2020. After serving more than 10 ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with the 3d Marine Raider

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with the 3d Marine Raider

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with the 3d Marine Raider Battalion prepare 60 mm mortar rounds at Eglin Range, Fla., May 22, 2018. Marine Raiders fired high-explosive and illumination rounds from an M224 mortar as p... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, plays guitar for his band, Call For Fire, during Freedom Fest, June 22, 2018, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Freedom Fest is an ann... More

An MC-130H Combat Talon II with the 15th Special Operations

An MC-130H Combat Talon II with the 15th Special Operations

An MC-130H Combat Talon II with the 15th Special Operations Squadron taxis from Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 12, 2018. Various units from Hurlburt Field are providing aid to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, fo... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Samantha Reiger, left, chief of

U.S. Air Force Maj. Samantha Reiger, left, chief of

U.S. Air Force Maj. Samantha Reiger, left, chief of aerospace optometry with the 1st Special Operations Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, examines a patient’s eye through a microscope at Hurlburt Field, F... More

An Air Commando from 1st Special Operations Logistics

An Air Commando from 1st Special Operations Logistics

An Air Commando from 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron manages base assets at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept 27, 2016. The 1st SOLRS is comprised of eight flights that provide support to the 1st S... More

Team Hurlburt held a Christmas tree lighting ceremony

Team Hurlburt held a Christmas tree lighting ceremony

Team Hurlburt held a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Dec. 2, 2016. In addition to the tree lighting, Air Commandos and families celebrated the holiday season by pinning yellow ribbons ... More

Forward Area Refueling Point Airmen temporarily assigned

Forward Area Refueling Point Airmen temporarily assigned

Forward Area Refueling Point Airmen temporarily assigned to the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan, and Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element team members, exit an MC-130J Commando II aircraft while supporti... More

Sgt. Zachary Malik, a student with the Marine's

Sgt. Zachary Malik, a student with the Marine's

Sgt. Zachary Malik, a student with the Marine's Reconnaissance Team Leader Course, is battered by surf during amphibious infiltration training, Oct, 22, 2017, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Three Special Tactics ... More

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group civil

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group civil

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group civil engineer craftsman guides Airmen on the assembly of the Air Force Special Operations Command Air Rapid Response Kit (ARRK) during the deployment of the tent... More

Oklahoma Air National Guard 1st Lt. Joshua Moll (right),

Oklahoma Air National Guard 1st Lt. Joshua Moll (right),

Oklahoma Air National Guard 1st Lt. Joshua Moll (right), a nurse assigned to the 137th Special Operations Medical Group (137th SOMDG) out of Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, works with fell... More

Oklahoma National Guardsmen wearing protective equipment

Oklahoma National Guardsmen wearing protective equipment

Oklahoma National Guardsmen wearing protective equipment including boots, suits, face shield, face masks and two layers of sealed gloves prepare to clean and disinfect a longterm healthcare facility in McAleste... More

A U.S. Air Force special missions aviator operates

A U.S. Air Force special missions aviator operates

A U.S. Air Force special missions aviator operates a 30mm cannon on an AC-130W Stinger II during Exercise Emerald Warrior 16 May 10, 2016, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Co... More

A plume of smoke billows out of a flare during a Special

A plume of smoke billows out of a flare during a Special

A plume of smoke billows out of a flare during a Special Operations Forces Exercise at Fort McClellan, Alabama, Nov. 7, 2019. SOFEX integrated different Air Force Special Operations Command aircraft with specia... More

A U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk hovers while Special Warfare

A U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk hovers while Special Warfare

A U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk hovers while Special Warfare personnel practice sniper shooting during Exercise Emerald Warrior at Eglin Range, Fla., May 12, 2016. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Comman... More

Air Commandos compete in the Green Dot Olympics at

Air Commandos compete in the Green Dot Olympics at

Air Commandos compete in the Green Dot Olympics at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 28, 2016. The Green Dot Olympics was an event held to raise awareness of the Green Dot initiative, an initiative to teach principle... More

Members of the Senate Air Force Caucus Congressional

Members of the Senate Air Force Caucus Congressional

Members of the Senate Air Force Caucus Congressional Delegation speak with Air Force Special Operation Command personnel during a visit at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 9, 2016. The purpose of the visit was to cr... More

Airman 1st Class Matthew Clouse, a 146th Air Support

Airman 1st Class Matthew Clouse, a 146th Air Support

Airman 1st Class Matthew Clouse, a 146th Air Support Operations Squadron tactical air control party specialist at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, navigates heavily wooded terrain during an... More

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen William Holt, Air Force Special

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen William Holt, Air Force Special

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen William Holt, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) director of operations, engages with Airmen from the 1st Special Operations Squadron during a tour Dec. 12, 2017, at Kadena Ai... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Nathan Scopac, commander of the

U.S. Air Force Col. Nathan Scopac, commander of the

U.S. Air Force Col. Nathan Scopac, commander of the 492nd Special Operations Training Group, addresses Carpetbaggers during a change of command ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 20, 2019. Scopac oversee... More

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress with the 96th

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress with the 96th

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress with the 96th Bomb Squadron conducts a mission in support of Emerald Warrior, April 29, 2015. Emerald Warrior is the Department of Defense's only irregular warfare exercise,... More

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson speaks to

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson speaks to

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson speaks to members of Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 4, 2018. Wilson concluded her AFSOC immersion with a town hall to discuss key Air... More

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., wait to jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practi... More

A U.S. Air Force AC-130W Stinger II takes off during

A U.S. Air Force AC-130W Stinger II takes off during

A U.S. Air Force AC-130W Stinger II takes off during Exercise Emerald Warrior 16 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 11, 2016. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command sponsored mission rehearsal exercise ... More

Victoria Gardenhire holds a new doll she received from

Victoria Gardenhire holds a new doll she received from

Victoria Gardenhire holds a new doll she received from Master Sgt. Nongh Lee Kastor during a gift delivery by WRANGB Airmen to children at INTEGRIS Baptist Health Center, Oklahoma City, Dec. 15, 2017. The JEC c... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat controllers

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat controllers

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat controllers from the 24th Special Operations Wing conduct a parachute buddy check before jumping out of an MC-130J Commando II at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 4, 2016, durin... More

Airmen from the 352d Special Operations Wing, the 48th

Airmen from the 352d Special Operations Wing, the 48th

Airmen from the 352d Special Operations Wing, the 48th Fighter Wing and the 100th Air Refueling Wing perform evasive maneuvers and water survival techniques during survival, evasion, resist and escape (SERE) tr... More

Airmen from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)

Airmen from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)

Airmen from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) examine a map with Royal Thai military officials June 29, 2018, at Chiang Rai, Thailand. The United States, through USINDOPACOM, sent a search and rescue ... More

An F-15 Eagle and a F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned

An F-15 Eagle and a F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned

An F-15 Eagle and a F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, performs a flyover during the Master Sgt. John Chapman Medal of Honor celebration aerial demonstration at Hurlburt Field, Flo... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Artiom Kuznetsov, left,

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Artiom Kuznetsov, left,

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Artiom Kuznetsov, left, a sensor operator with the 73rd Special Operations Squadron, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Benjamin Hoyt, a weapon systems officer with the 73rd SOS, monitors tar... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ronya Sturdivant, an aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ronya Sturdivant, an aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ronya Sturdivant, an aircraft armament systems journeyman with the 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, prepares an MQ-9 Reaper for weapons loading during Emerald Warrior 2... More

Special Tactics Training Squadron Airmen from the 24th

Special Tactics Training Squadron Airmen from the 24th

Special Tactics Training Squadron Airmen from the 24th Special Operations Wing fast rope from a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 4, 2016, during Emerald Warrior 16. Emerald Warrior is a U... More

U.S. Air Force combat controllers with the 24th Special

U.S. Air Force combat controllers with the 24th Special

U.S. Air Force combat controllers with the 24th Special Operations Wing conduct live fire and close air support proficiency training during Emerald Warrior 16 May 10, 2016, at Eglin Range, Fla. Emerald Warrior ... More

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron troop

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron troop

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron troop commander talks with the 353rd Special Operations Group and 320th STS commanders Feb. 20, 2018, at Chandy Range, Thailand. As a culmination to Cobra Gold 20... More

Forward Area Refueling Point aircrew members with the

Forward Area Refueling Point aircrew members with the

Forward Area Refueling Point aircrew members with the 27th Special Operations Wing await the arrival of several F-22 Raptors with the 3rd Wing to conduct the first-ever simulated FARP for F-22 Raptors in an ext... More

Aerial gunners with the 4th Special Operations Squadron

Aerial gunners with the 4th Special Operations Squadron

Aerial gunners with the 4th Special Operations Squadron operate the 105mm cannon on a U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship while performing live fire close air support operations during Exercise Emerald Warrio... More

Airmen with the 1st Special Operations WingSquadron

Airmen with the 1st Special Operations WingSquadron

Airmen with the 1st Special Operations WingSquadron park their maintenance van in front of an MC-130H Combat Talon II while a group of Airmen complete pre-flight checks during Exercise Emerald Warrior 2016, at ... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II with Maryland Air National Guard's

An A-10 Thunderbolt II with Maryland Air National Guard's

An A-10 Thunderbolt II with Maryland Air National Guard's 104th Fighter Squadron performs a show of force above Jägala-Käravete Highway, Aug. 10, in Jägala, Estonia. A small force of eight Special Tactics comba... More

A U.S. Air Force 9th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster

A U.S. Air Force 9th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster

A U.S. Air Force 9th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster sits on the ramp of an MC-130J Commando II at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 4, 2016, during Exercise Emerald Warrior. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Op... More

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with the 3d Marine Raider

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with the 3d Marine Raider

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with the 3d Marine Raider Battalion fire an M224 mortar at Eglin Range, Fla., May 22, 2018. The 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Operations Support Joint Office coordinates two-... More

Aircrew with the 9th Special Operations Squadron participate

Aircrew with the 9th Special Operations Squadron participate

Aircrew with the 9th Special Operations Squadron participate in a bilateral training exercise in central Tennessee, July 10, 2017. Five U.S. Army helicopters performed air-to-air refueling with the Commando II ... More

A damaged pier is assessed for damage after Hurricane

A damaged pier is assessed for damage after Hurricane

A damaged pier is assessed for damage after Hurricane Sally at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 17, 2020. The most impactful effects the storm had on base were debris from the high water level and wind damage alo... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kasey Wood, an aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kasey Wood, an aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kasey Wood, an aircraft armament systems journeyman with the 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, secures an arming wire to a bomb on an MQ-9 Reaper during Emerald Warrior ... More

A U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel team, consisting of

A U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel team, consisting of

A U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel team, consisting of pararescuemen, combat rescue officers and survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialists assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Air... More

Students with the Reconnaissance Team Leader Course

Students with the Reconnaissance Team Leader Course

Students with the Reconnaissance Team Leader Course conduct surveillance during an urban reconnaissance exercise, Oct. 26, 2017, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Three Special Tactics Airmen graduated from RT... More

Aircrew flight equipment specialists with the 4th and

Aircrew flight equipment specialists with the 4th and

Aircrew flight equipment specialists with the 4th and 8th Special Operations Squadrons provide necessary personal protective equipment to Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright before a familia... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 1st Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 1st Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Wing wait for a CV-22 Osprey to park on the ramp during Emerald Warrior 16, May 3, 2016, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Emerald Warrior 16 is a U.S. Special Operat... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Tuner, left, a special

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Tuner, left, a special

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Tuner, left, a special missions aviator with the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tommy Crosby, an SMA with the 73rd Special Operations Sq... More

M102 Howitzer munitions are stored on an AC-130U Spooky

M102 Howitzer munitions are stored on an AC-130U Spooky

M102 Howitzer munitions are stored on an AC-130U Spooky Gunship prior to a live-fire mission in support of Emerald Warrior at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 23, 2015. Emerald Warrior is the Department of Defense's... More

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey parks on the ramp during

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey parks on the ramp during

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey parks on the ramp during Emerald Warrior 16, May 3, 2016, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Emerald Warrior 16 is a U.S. Special Operation Command sponsored mission rehearsal exercise during... More

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