Credit: 1st Lt. Kayshel Trudell, Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Special operations recruiters from the 330th Recruiting Squadron were welcomed by Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape cadre from Detachment 3, 66th Training Squadron, to learn more about SERE’s Evasion and Conduct After Capture course here, June 3, …
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Story from DVIDS RAF Mildenhall, England — U.S. Airmen from the 67th Special Operations Squadron, assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Wing, stationed at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, took on unique challenges as they conducted a deliberate, personnel recovery exercise alongside the 56th and 57th Air Rescue Squadron, based out of Aviano Air Base, Feb. …
Courtesy: DVIDS HULMAN FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind. (Feb. 19, 2019) — Most Airmen serving in the Air Force do not engage in rigorous physical training sessions as part of their official duties. Most Airmen do not complete Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training. Most Airmen do not partner closely with Soldiers in ground …
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Courtesy: DVIDS Hundreds of family, friends and teammates gathered as U.S. Air Force Col. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony Feb. 8, here. U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, was the …
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Known for his grit, loyalty, unwavering character, and the author of quick-witted military cadences, often referred to as “jodies,” Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin was tough, dedicated, and easy going—often making light of difficult situations. He was a good teammate, a selfless friend and a true patriot who expressed a willingness to lay down his life …
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[spp-player url=”https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/outsidepodcast/cdn-outside.prx.org/wp-content/uploads/Sweat-Science_Hypoxia.mp3″]Podcast By Outside Magazine. Copyright is owned by the publisher and audio streamed from their servers. A PJ candidate uncovers the science behind the challenges of underwater confidence drills at the Air Force’s most grueling school; Pararescue Indoctrination. Most notably, the 50m underwater is known as being one of the hardest single challenges- with …
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Courtesy: DVIDS Staff Sgt. Jorge Hernandez, 26, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, died in an off duty incident in Nashville, Tennessee, Tuesday (1 Jan 2019). The incident is currently under investigation. Hernandez enlisted in the United States Air Force as a Special Tactics combat controller on Feb. 29, 2012. …
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By Capt. Anna-Marie Wyant, 455th Air Expeditionary Public Affairs / Published November 13, 2018 455th Air Expeditionary Public Affairs BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) — Two joint terminal attack controllers assigned to the 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron were commended by the Army for their achievements in support of joint military operations in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Stephen …
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FROM DVIDS Helicopters are flying overhead. Occasionally, there is an incoming swooping scream of a fighter. One voice reports a line of tanks incoming from the north – another demands a “sitrep.” Suddenly, an aircraft is signing off. Someone else reports ground troops are on the move. An airman takes all of this information in …
