special reconnaissance

tacp apprentice

Big changes confirmed for Special Warfare enlistments

Starting in April 2020, the Air Force will change how recruits enlist in Special Warfare specialties. The new changes provide a single lane for all AFSPECWAR recruits under the program name Special Warfare Operator Enlistment Vectoring (or SWOE-V) and removes specific AFSC enlistment. The new program affects Pararescue, Combat Control, Special Reconnaissance and Tactical Air […]

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Special Warfare A&S

Special Warfare Reality Check–Squashing the Rumor Mill

There’s been a lot of rumor mill, conjecture, assumptions and flat out wrong info circulating around Special Warfare. Let’s separate the fact from fiction and brush over the latest hot topics around Pararescue, Combat Control, Special Reconnaissance, and TACP. Guardian Angel and Special Tactics Merger Guardian Angel (GA) is the weapon system that employs Pararescue

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Special Recon operations

EXCLUSIVE: SOWT confirms change to Special Reconnaissance

We recently received confirmation of exciting news for AFSPECWAR and the US Air Force. On a recent episode of the PJ Medcast podcast, the Combat Rescue Officer leadership confirmed the Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT) career field is being replaced with an all new career field name and mission: Special Reconnaissance. Alongside information that we

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