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  • 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

  • Airmen, civilians unite to save mother, son from submerged vehicle

    The night was quiet in Navarre, Florida, until a deafening crash shattered the stillness. Moments later, cries for help echoed through the darkness.“All I could think was, someone is dying,” an Airman recalled.A car had veered off the road, crashing through a fence and flipping into a retention

  • 919th SOAMXS begins new chapter with local ceremony

    The 919th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron held an assumption of command ceremony Nov. 3, 2024 marking a new era for aircraft maintenance spanning more than five decades of the Wing’s storied history.Maj. Loren Chargualaf took the reins as squadron commander and the responsibility of

  • Wing announces November promotions

    The following 919th Special Operations Wing enlisted Citizen Air Commandos were promoted in the month of November:Master SergeantScelfo, JosephYoung, Johnna Technical SergeantBritt, Alexander Denney, Joshua Lamonica, Steven  Hall, Matthew Lanham, Renzo  Massie, Jeffrey  Matthews, Nicholas Nogueras,

  • The maintainers behind the AC-130J

    U.S. Airmen, assigned to the 4th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, conducts a pre-flight visual inspection of the props on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 23, 2024. The 4 SOAMXS plays a critical role in ensuring the AC-130J is always mission-ready,

  • TASR: AFSOC Innovation to Support the Air Force and Joint Force

    Air Force Special Operations Command hosted a Technology, Acquisition, and Sustainment Review, or TASR, here Oct 16-17. The event brought together senior leaders from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command, and AFSOC to address strategic and enterprise-level issues.

  • 920th Rescue Wing relocates aircraft ahead of Hurricane Milton

    Last week, in preparation for Hurricane Milton, the 920th Rescue Wing swiftly relocated its HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters.In under 24 hours, the aircraft were prepped, inspected, and flown to an alternate location, demonstrating the wing’s ready now mindset for

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