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  • AFSOC Accepts Final MC-130J

    Maj. Gen. Justin Hoffman, Deputy Commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, attended a delivery milestone on Dec 13, 2024 in Marietta, Georgia for the command’s final MC-130J Commando II. The fly-away ceremony commemorated the final stage of Lockheed Martin’s aircraft production for the

  • Air Force releases FY25 Selective Retention Bonus list

    The U. S. Air Force released the Fiscal Year 2025 Selective Retention Bonus list, effective Dec. 16, 2024. The FY25 SRB program consists of 89 Air Force specialty codes, reflecting the Air Force’s ongoing commitment to retaining highly skilled enlisted personnel.

  • Wing announces January promotions

    The following 919th Special Operations Wing enlisted Citizen Air Commandos were promoted in the month of December:Chief Master SergeantDean, David  Edwards, Melissa   Senior Master Sergeant  Brown, Ty  Bubanas, Jeremy  Master Sergeant Anderson, CandaceMcQuillan, JarmelSmith, JonathanTechnical

  • Next Generation Aircrew Protection team conducts AC-130J vapor purge testing

    The Next Generation Aircrew Protection team performed innovative vapor purge testing on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship at Hurlburt Field, Florida, from June 24 to December 6, 2024.The NGAP team’s mission is to evaluate how well standard aircraft systems protect aircrews from chemical vapor attacks,

  • Wing announces December promotions

    The following 919th Special Operations Wing enlisted Citizen Air Commandos were promoted in the month of December:Master SergeantCorbin, Aaron Green, Xavier  Lenn, Desiree   Pierce, Jerret    Technical Sergeant  Alvarez, Jefferson  Carr Jr., Robert   Colston, Alvon   Dougherty, Andrew  Duncan, David

  • Exercise Reaper Castillo pathfinds MQ-9 capabilities in austere environments

     An MQ-9 Reaper circles above the Melrose Air Force Range in New Mexico, surveying the area below as it prepares to land on a dirt strip. On the ground the 1st Special Operations Mission Sustainment Team (SOMST) secures the landing zone, ready to refuel and rearm the aircraft.More than 1,100 miles

  • Exercise Reaper Castillo pathfinds MQ-9 capabilities in austere environments

     An MQ-9 Reaper circles above the Melrose Air Force Range in New Mexico, surveying the area below as it prepares to land on a dirt strip. On the ground the 1st Special Operations Mission Sustainment Team (SOMST) secures the landing zone, ready to refuel and rearm the aircraft.More than 1,100 miles

  • Air Commandos Remember the Crew of GUNDAM-22 on First Anniversary

    Nov 29, 2024, marks one year since a CV-22 Osprey, assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Wing, crashed near Yakushima, Japan, while participating in a joint interoperability exercise resulting in the loss of the eight crew members aboard. Air Commandos, family, friends, and community members

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