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  • Senior Airman Amanda Smith, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, looks out over the vast landscape during the squadron’s annual training at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 3. More than 20 Airmen went out West to help train two other Reserve security forces squadrons in ground combat and field training. The 919th SOSFS Airmen lived in the makeshift camps and acted as opposing forces and local villagers interacting with the occupying security teams. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)

    Family-like bonds strengthened on security forces training trip

    For the Citizen Commandos of the 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, their unit is their family and being a cop in the Air Force Reserve is the greatest job an Airman can have.Recently, more than 20 of the squadron's Airmen deployed here for their two-week annual tour.  During the temporary duty, the Airmen stayed together in the
  • Col. James Phillips, 919th Special Operations Wing commander, welcomes Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, to Duke Field, Fla., Sept. 9. Pawlikowski visited the Reserve base with Maj. Gen. David Harris, the Air Force Test Center Commander (pictured), during her tour of Eglin Air Force Base. She also met with the wing's combat aviation advisers and flew in the special operations aircraft, C-146 Wolfhound. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Neely)

    AFMC commander visits Duke Field

  • Staff Sgt. Leland Hastings, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, launches Raven-B, a four-by-four foot unmanned aerial system, into the skies above Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 4. The 919th SOSFS brought the UAS to demonstrate its capabilities to other security forces units involved in a large field training exercise at the camp. The Raven-B has the ability to take photos, video in day or night, and even designate locations via an IR laser. It also provides coordinates, magnetic azimuths, and linear distances creating a birds-eye view to topographical map. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)

    Security forces demonstrates UAS capabilities

    A four-by-four foot unmanned aerial system soars almost noiselessly through the deep blue and white skies of Wyoming.  To anyone on the ground, it looks like a soaring bird or, if high enough, just a dark speck in the Western sky.That bird or unnoticed spot is being controlled by an Airman on the ground, and has the ability to take photos, video in
  • Senior Airman Aaron Bradley, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, looks out over the vast landscape during the squadron’s annual training at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 3. More than 20 Airmen went out West to help train two other Reserve security forces squadrons in ground combat and field training. The 919th SOSFS Airmen lived in the makeshift camps and acted as opposing forces and local villagers interacting with the occupying security teams. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)

    Home on the range: Security Forces team heads West for Reserve field training

    Under the big skies and rolling plains of the West, members of the 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron ate, slept, trained and lived for most of the month of August.More than 20 Airmen from the unit ventured Northwest to serve as the opposing force for other Reserve security forces units participating in a field training exercise. 
  • Chief Master Sgt. Tom Mason, the 919th Special Operations Wing command chief, enjoys his final ride back to base as an MC-130E Combat Talon I loadmaster after completing his and the aircraft’s last sortie. The last five Talons in the Air Force belong to the 919th SOW and are scheduled to be retired at a ceremony April 25. They will make one final flight to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., by the end of the fiscal year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)

    Command chief bids farewell after 33 years

    The 919th Special Operations Wing's command chief bid his wing farewell Aug. 1 during his retirement ceremony here.Chief Master Sgt. Tom Mason, a C-130E Combat Talon I loadmaster prior to accepting the wing's command chief position in 2013 retired after 33 years of  service in the Air Force.The entire wing turned out to say goodbye to the command
  • Senior Airman Kristopher Golden, 919th Special Operations Maintenance Group, checks the brakes of a C-145 June 6 at Duke Field, Fla. The 919th SOMXG is comprised of 919th SOMXS, 919th SOAMXS, 919th SOMOF, and the 592nd SOMXS. Their primary mission is the maintenance of the C-145 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)

    Duke promotes 27 Citizen Commandos

    Congratulations to the following 919th Special Operations Wing reservists promoted in August:Senior master sergeantAmos PelfreyJohn HahnMaster sergeantBrian AdamsGerard VascikTechnical sergeantValerie AvalosStuart DameJeffrey FurmanRyan GarrettJoseph LashleyTomas SanchezPatience SpenceNicole WilsonStaff sergeantKiera AtwellDawn BaldwinLeland
  • Senior Airman Kristopher Golden, 919th Special Operations Maintenance Group, removes the external power from the C-145 June 6 at Duke Field, Fla. The 919th Special Operations Maintenance Group is comprised of 919th SOMXS, 919th SOAMXS, 919th SOMOF, and the 592nd SOMXS. Their primary mission is the maintenance of the C-145 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)

    Aircraft maintenance changes occur as wing's mission shifts

    A year after taking over maintenance responsibilities for their new C-145A aircraft, Airmen of the 919th Special Operations Maintenance Group now prepare their fleet for the boneyard.Each group of C-145As that takes its final flight from the Duke Field runway moves the wing further from its previous aircraft mission, and closer to its new
  • Tech. Sgt. Jasmin Taylor, 919th Special Operations Wing public affairs office, recently received awards for Air Force best new writer and best new photographer in the 2014 Media Contest. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Cheryl L. Foster)

    Reserve Airman makes Air Force history

    When the Air Force Public Affairs Agency released the results of the 2014 Media Contest, the 919th Special Operations Wing had reason to celebrate.Tech. Sgt. Jasmin Taylor, 919th SOW public affairs office, made Air Force history becoming the first person to be awarded both Outstanding New Photographer and Outstanding New Writer.Taylor's reaction to
  • A 7th Special Forces Group Soldier raises the flag during a memorial service for 21 fallen comrades May 21 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jasmin Taylor)

    Reserve bagpiper plays for Army memorial

  • Firefighters from the 919th Special Operations Wing move in to put the fire out during a training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 31. The reserve firefighters from Duke Field used Eglin’s aircraft fire pit to meet their annual training requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)

    919th's fire department wins AFRC award

    The 919th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Flight was named the Air Force Reserve Command's 2014 Prime BEEF Fire Emergency Services Flight of the Year."The biggest factor for winning is the Airmen," said Chief Master Sgt. Pete Webb, 919th SOCES fire chief. "They are the ones that deploy, they are the ones that step up to fulfill our
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