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March 22, 2024
AF Week in Photos

This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
Feb. 15, 2023
Special Warfare, Air Force Recruiting teams develop programs, scour nation to attract candidates

The capabilities that Special Warfare graduates provide are as needed today as ever before. That reality is the reason program leaders are working hard to attract a group of candidates who are broad, diverse and committed.
Oct. 21, 2022
AETC, AFSOC Airmen induct former commander into Order of the Sword

In long-standing military tradition, retired Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, former commander of both Air Education and Training Command and Air Force Special Operations Command, was inducted into the Order of the Sword at Keesler AFB, Oct. 15, 2022.
Oct. 18, 2022
Torch and Dagger 2022: AETC, AFSOC unite for PDS

Airmen across Air Education and Training Command and Air Force Special Operation Command gathered to participate in a professional development seminar coined Torch and Dagger, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 13 to 15, 2022.
July 6, 2022
Calling Student Pilots; AFSOC recruits at CAFB

The 492nd Special Operations Training Group (SOTRG) and 1st Special Operations Training Wing (SOW) of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) visited Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, Friday, June 24, 2022. The goal was to engage with First Assignment Instructor Pilots (FAIP) and current
May 10, 2022
AFSOC commander inspires UPT Class 22-09

Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 22-09, consisting of 23 officers, graduated from UPT, on April 6, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, was the distinguished speaker for the graduation ceremony.
April 4, 2022
34th Special Operations Squadron exercises agile combat employment at Maxwell

Maxwell provided staging and logistics support for the weeklong exercise, which helped validate the squadron’s tactics, techniques and procedures before deploying to different areas of responsibility in mid-May.
March 17, 2022
Air Force Special Operations Command director of operations visits Special Warfare Training Wing

Maj. Gen. Matthew Davidson, AFSOC director of operations, visits the SWTW to observe Assessment and Selection and the SWTW pipelines that feed AFSOC career fields at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Mar. 15 – 17, 2022.
Jan. 11, 2021
AFSOCs historic first PTN team takes flight

For the first time in Air Force Special Operations Command history, two new graduates from the Air Education and Training Command’s Pilot Training Next (PTN), served as aircraft commander and co-pilot on a mission sortie.
Nov. 23, 2020
58th SOW welcomes AC-130J training mission to Kirtland

The 58th Special Operations Wing here has been named by the Air Force as the preferred location for the relocation of the AC-130J Formal Training Unit. Currently at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Air Force officials plan to move seven aircraft and 372 positions here, beginning in fiscal year 2023.