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  • Air Commandos get real-world experience at White Sands

    The 26th Special Tactics Squadron trained alongside 27th Special Operations Wing units while conducting a full mission profile at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., earlier this month.The training tested the Air Commandos’ abilities to react to adverse conditions and complete a mission as a team

  • EMT Rodeo 2016

    U.S. Air Force Emergency Medical Technicians gathered to compete in the 9th annual Air Force Medical Service EMT Rodeo at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 24-27, 2016.The two and a half day competition involved 24 EMT teams from across the Air Force, both CONUS and OCONUS installations challenging

  • 27th SOW tests new capabilities in unfamiliar terrain

    In late July, for the very first time, the 27th Special Operations Wing conducted a full mission profile hundreds of miles away in the mountainous terrain of Utah and Colorado.The training provided Air Commandos with the chance to identify their strengths and weaknesses in an unfamiliar location

  • Webb takes command of AFSOC

    Lt. Gen. Brad Webb took command of Air Force Special Operations Command July 19 here in the Freedom Hangar.Gen. David L. Goldfein, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, presided over the ceremony where Webb replaced Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, who will go on to serve as the principal deputy director of cost

  • Policy changes allow Airmen to retrain into special operations

    -- In a move to meet the high-demand signal for the Air Force’s Battlefield Airmen, the service announced changes to retraining and cross-flow, outlined in a policy memorandum dated April 25.The changes allow Airmen to be released from their current jobs in the Air Force to retrain into the Special

  • Paper, money, muscle accomplish mission requirements

    The teamwork of the 27th Special Operations Contracting, Civil Engineer and Comptroller Squadrons is not often recognized, but the Air Commandos of Cannon Air Force Base reap the benefits of the hard work of these agencies every day.These Air Commandos cross-utilize their strengths seamlessly as

  • 27th SOW welcomes new commander

    Members of the 27th Special Operations Wing gathered as the guidon was passed from Col. Tony D. Bauernfeind to Col. Benjamin R. Maitre, signifying the changing of command from one commander to another, Feb. 17. Lt. Gen. Bradley A. Heithold, Commander Air Force Special Operations Command, presided

  • AFSOC Priority #4: Modernize and Sustain the Force

    Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of articles focusing on each of the four AFSOC priorities.Air Commandos,I am extremely proud of your achievements as we continue to fight in complex and dangerous areas around the world. Air Force Special Operations Command has been in constant combat

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