News

919th Special Operations Wing

News

Dec. 14, 2021
Combat Aviation Advisors participate in airdrop competition

The luxury of readily available gear and resources is not always a reality for Combat Aviation Advisors working with partner nations in remote locations. These unique situations have led CAAs to find innovative ways to help partner nations accomplish their missions with resources and budgets that
Dec. 8, 2021
Department of the Air Force releases COVID-19 policy

The Department of the Air Force released its policy today outlining the way forward for Total Force military members serving in the Air Force and Space Force who have requested separation or retirement prior to Nov. 2, 2021, or whose COVID-19 medical exemption or religious accommodation was denied.
Dec. 3, 2021
Department of the Air Force reaches 95% Total Force vaccination rate

This final deadline for Department of the Air Force service members to be fully vaccinated resulted in more than 95% of the total force having at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.
Dec. 1, 2021
Wing announces December promotions

The following 919th Special Operations Wing enlisted Citizen Air Commandos were promoted in the month of December.
Nov. 23, 2021
SOCS leadership ‘trio’ team up to guide the ‘Dark Wolves’

Just as wolves travel alone and in packs, the members of the 919th Special Operations Communications Squadron often support special operations missions as the only communicator and at other times deploy in multi-person teams for contingencies at locations across the globe.
Nov. 23, 2021
Base returns to no masks for fully-vaccinated

Both in and outdoors on base, except medical facilities, childcare areas and elementary school.
Nov. 12, 2021
Air Force releases alternate component fitness score charts

After announcing the components in July, over 9,000 data points were collected to determine the point values for each component by assessing approximately 2,000 Airmen from 23 installations.
Nov. 10, 2021
DFAS launches new kind of myPay account for military gray-area retirees

A new kind of myPay account is now available from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service for Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve “gray-area retirees” awaiting age 60 to receive retired pay.
Nov. 9, 2021
Department of the Air Force releases findings on Interpersonal Violence survey

After the Secretary of the Air Force established the Interpersonal Violence Task Force in 2020, the team examined a broad range of 81 behaviors along what is known as the “Continuum of Harm” to determine if the DAF is keeping Airmen and Guardians safe, and providing needed support after they
Nov. 7, 2021
Airmen earn CCAF degrees

The Community College of the Air Force granted Associate of Applied Science degree diplomas to 17 graduates from the 919th Special Operations Wing recently."This is an exceptionally impressive accomplish under normal circumstances but even more so to have excelled in such challenging academic