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Approved Insignia of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron.EXACT DATE SHOT UNKNOWN

Approved Insignia of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron.EXACT DATE SHO...

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Straight on medium close-up of USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Dean Unger, from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, calls in wind conditions to the STARS (Special Tactics and Rescue Specialists) team members (Not shown) preparing to jump. The team is doing practice jumps at Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida. This image is seen in the August 1998 edition of AIRMAN Magazine

Straight on medium close-up of USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Dean Unger, from Pop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andy Dunaway Release Status:... More

Left side front view of a member of the US Air Force Special Operations Command's STARS (Special Tactics and Rescue Specialists) from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina (Right), as he hands out special tactics and STARS team literature to civilians in Key West, Florida. This image is seen in the August 1998 edition of AIRMAN Magazine

Left side front view of a member of the US Air Force Special Operation...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andy Dunaway Release Status:... More

A member of the Air Force Special Operations Command's STAR (Special Tactics and Rescue Specialists) team, drops in during a demonstration at Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida. This image is seen in the August 1998 edition of AIRMAN Magazine

A member of the Air Force Special Operations Command's STAR (Special T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andy Dunaway Release Status:... More

Retired Staff Sgt. Jason Morgan embraces his service

Retired Staff Sgt. Jason Morgan embraces his service

Retired Staff Sgt. Jason Morgan embraces his service dog, Rue, while touring the Special Tactics Training Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 7, 2018. Morgan, who was a combat weatherman before being injur... More

Straight on long shot from a low angle looking up as members of STARS (Special Tactics and Rescue Specialists) parachutes from a Pope AFB C-130 (Not shown) during the Rodeo 2000 opening ceremony at Pope Air Force Base on May 7, 2000 during the Rodeo 2000 readiness competition. During the one week competition, more than 100 teams and 2,500 personnel from over 300 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, U.S. Army units, and foreign nations will compete in airdrops, cargo loading, refueling, pre-flight, combat endurance, combat tactics, as well as other air and ground operations (Army units, foreign nations, cargo loading, refueling, pre-flight, combat endurance, combat tactics and...

Straight on long shot from a low angle looking up as members of STARS ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Straight on long shot from a low angle looking up as members of STARS (Special Tactics and Rescue Specialists) parachutes from ... More

Brig. Gen. Steven D. Gregg, Oregon Air National Guard

Brig. Gen. Steven D. Gregg, Oregon Air National Guard

Brig. Gen. Steven D. Gregg, Oregon Air National Guard commander, Oregon National Guard, observes airmen from the 125th Special Tactics Squadron, Oregon Air National Guard, as they establish communications with ... More

Special tactics airmen say a prayer before starting

Special tactics airmen say a prayer before starting

Special tactics airmen say a prayer before starting the Tim Davis Memorial March at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 16, 2011. The 812-mile march honors fallen special tactics airmen and will span across fo... More

Special tactics airmen walk during the Tim Davis Memorial

Special tactics airmen walk during the Tim Davis Memorial

Special tactics airmen walk during the Tim Davis Memorial March in Flatonia, Texas, Oct. 17, 2011. The march, which honors fallen special tactics airmen, will total 812 miles and span across four states before ... More

Staff Sgt. Tom Wojak, Air Force Special Operations

Staff Sgt. Tom Wojak, Air Force Special Operations

Staff Sgt. Tom Wojak, Air Force Special Operations Command special tactics recruiting liaison, instructs potential Air Force Combat Controller, Pararescue, and Special Operations Weather candidates during a Phy... More

Special tactics airmen lead the Trinity Valley Exposition

Special tactics airmen lead the Trinity Valley Exposition

Special tactics airmen lead the Trinity Valley Exposition Parade in downtown Liberty, Texas, Oct. 19, 2011. Airmen passed through the town while participating in the Tim Davis Memorial March. The march, which b... More

Special tactics airmen walk during the Tim Davis Memorial

Special tactics airmen walk during the Tim Davis Memorial

Special tactics airmen walk during the Tim Davis Memorial March in Orange, Texas, Oct. 20. The march, which honors fallen special tactics airmen, will total 812 miles and span across five states before ending a... More

Special tactics airmen walk during the Tim Davis Memorial

Special tactics airmen walk during the Tim Davis Memorial

Special tactics airmen walk during the Tim Davis Memorial March in Orange, Texas, Oct. 20, 2011. The march, which honors fallen special tactics airmen, will total 812 miles and span across five states before en... More

Members of Team 5 pass through Eunice, La., during

Members of Team 5 pass through Eunice, La., during

Members of Team 5 pass through Eunice, La., during the Tim Davis Memorial March Oct. 21. The march, which honors fallen special tactics Airmen, consists of six three-man teams and will span across four states b... More

Clayton Burke, 5, smiles after seeing special tactics

Clayton Burke, 5, smiles after seeing special tactics

Clayton Burke, 5, smiles after seeing special tactics airmen pass by during the Tim Davis Memorial March in Madisonville, La., Oct. 23, 2011. The march, which honors fallen special tactics airmen, will total 81... More

Students from Rosinton Elementary School wave flags

Students from Rosinton Elementary School wave flags

Students from Rosinton Elementary School wave flags during the Tim Davis Memorial March in Robertsdale, Ala., Oct. 25, 2011. The students came out to show support for special tactics airmen participating in the... More

An empty man-made village hides opposing forces for

An empty man-made village hides opposing forces for

An empty man-made village hides opposing forces for a mission during Emerald Warrior exercise, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 7, 2012. The primary purpose of Emerald Warrior is to exercise special operations... More

A Special Tactics operator from the 23rd Special Tactics

A Special Tactics operator from the 23rd Special Tactics

A Special Tactics operator from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, 24th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla., resurfaces the water during wet silk training, Aug. 19, 2020. The training is designed to p... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Davis Quenteris, 1st Special

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Davis Quenteris, 1st Special

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Davis Quenteris, 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, participates in an exercise during the Multi-Assault Counter-Terrorism Action Capabilities course at Hurlburt Field... More

U.S. Air Force members discuss various weapons with

U.S. Air Force members discuss various weapons with

U.S. Air Force members discuss various weapons with a combat controller at the Freedom Hangar on Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 12, 2012. The Air Force Special Operations Command hosted the 720th Special Tactics Gr... More

A U.S. Army soldier from the 5 Special Forces Group

A U.S. Army soldier from the 5 Special Forces Group

A U.S. Army soldier from the 5 Special Forces Group out of Fort Campbell, Ky., helps unload a parachute before a halo jump on Eglin Range, Fla., June 13, 2012. The 5 SFG planned on four jumps this evening while... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock Jr., a combat

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock Jr., a combat

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock Jr., a combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, walks to his Bronze Star Medal ceremony, June 26, 2012 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Yellock received the Bro... More

Airmen from the Special Tactics Training Squadron perform

Airmen from the Special Tactics Training Squadron perform

Airmen from the Special Tactics Training Squadron perform physical training Aug. 16, 2012, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Airmen at the STTS approach fitness in an athletic way. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dav... More

A U.S. Air Force special tactics Airman from the Special

A U.S. Air Force special tactics Airman from the Special

A U.S. Air Force special tactics Airman from the Special Tactics Training Squadron swims back to the side of the Soundside Marina with a metal rod during a cleanup of the Marina on Hurlburt Field, Nov. 4, 2012.... More

CV-22 Ospreys sit on the flightline on Hurlburt Field,

CV-22 Ospreys sit on the flightline on Hurlburt Field,

CV-22 Ospreys sit on the flightline on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 10, 2013. The CV-22 Osprey is a tilt-rotor aircraft that combines the vertical takeoff, hover and vertical landing qualities of a helicopter wit... More

Airmen from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron spar

Airmen from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron spar

Airmen from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron spar with each other Jan. 11, 2013, building 539 at RAF Mildenhall, England. The airmen train regularly to keep their already-learned skills sharp. (U.S. Air Force... More

22nd STS Silver Star medal presentation

22nd STS Silver Star medal presentation

Lt. Gen. Eric E. Fiel, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, pins the Silver Star Medal onto Staff Sgt. Adam Krueger, 22nd Special Tactics Squadron combat controller, Jan. 24, 2013, at a ceremony at J... More

Maj. Francis Damon Friedman, the director of operations

Maj. Francis Damon Friedman, the director of operations

Maj. Francis Damon Friedman, the director of operations at the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Field, N.C., saved the life of a woman Jan. 29, 2013, when her Toyota Tundra veered off the road into a tree-li... More

Air Force Special Operators, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Air Force Special Operators, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Air Force Special Operations Command and Hurlburt Field host several special tactics units that deploy throughout the globe to perform unique and essential missions to ensure the safety and security of our nat... More

A U.S. Air Force airman from the 23rd Special Tactics

A U.S. Air Force airman from the 23rd Special Tactics

A U.S. Air Force airman from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron jumps out of the back of a MH-47 Chinook helicopter at Wynnehaven Beach, Fla., April 9, 2013. The 23rd STS partnered with 160th Special Operations ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft structural maintainer from Fabrication Flight, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron, prepares to sand equipment at Corrosion Control Facilit... More

Senior Master Sgt. Mike West, 23rd Special Tactics

Senior Master Sgt. Mike West, 23rd Special Tactics

Senior Master Sgt. Mike West, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron superintendent of operations, directs his team during a Monster Mash challenge at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 28, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. ... More

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to Seymour Johnson Air

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to Seymour Johnson Air

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base prepare for the swimming portion of a Physical Ability and Stamina Test (PAST) in Goldsboro, N.C., Aug. 12, 2013. The PAST is required for airmen... More

Humvees are parked on Eglin Range, Eglin Air Force

Humvees are parked on Eglin Range, Eglin Air Force

Humvees are parked on Eglin Range, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 29, 2013, prior to the tactical training exercise. Hurlburt Field instructors assisted and trained members of the Army during a tactical train... More

Airman 1st Class Andrew Wiseman, a loadmaster with

Airman 1st Class Andrew Wiseman, a loadmaster with

Airman 1st Class Andrew Wiseman, a loadmaster with the 17th Special Operations Squadron, works with members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to assist displaced people boarding an MC-130P Combat Shadow No... More

An F-22 Raptor from the Air Combat Command Raptor

An F-22 Raptor from the Air Combat Command Raptor

An F-22 Raptor from the Air Combat Command Raptor Demonstration Team performs a demonstration during the U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Chapman Medal of Honor celebration aerial demonstration at Hurlburt Field... More

A U.S. Air Force Airman participates in the swimming

A U.S. Air Force Airman participates in the swimming

A U.S. Air Force Airman participates in the swimming portion of the physical ability and stamina test at the Young Men’s Christian Association in Sumter, S.C., Dec. 10, 2014. For the PAST, aspiring pararescue, ... More

A pararescueman, left, from the 321st Special Tactics

A pararescueman, left, from the 321st Special Tactics

A pararescueman, left, from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron, treats a simulated victim while participating in an exercise June 25, 2015, at RAF Sculthorpe in Norfolk, England. Air Commandos from the 321st ST... More

More than 1,000 friends and family members from across

More than 1,000 friends and family members from across

More than 1,000 friends and family members from across the country gathered together to mourn the loss of Capt. Matthew Roland, a special tactics officer from 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Forre... More

Participants of the 2015 Special Tactics Memorial Ruck

Participants of the 2015 Special Tactics Memorial Ruck

Participants of the 2015 Special Tactics Memorial Ruck March prepare to start the ruck at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Medina Annex, Oct. 4, 2015. The march covers over 812 miles, ending at Hurlburt Field, F... More

Gold Star families join Special Tactics Airmen during

Gold Star families join Special Tactics Airmen during

Gold Star families join Special Tactics Airmen during the final stretch of a memorial march to Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 13, 2015. The team of 20 Special Tactics Airmen started at 2 a.m. on Oct. 4, from Joint ... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Olin Smith, 27th Special

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Olin Smith, 27th Special

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Olin Smith, 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament expeditor, expresses his surprise after learning he has been promoted through the Stripes for Exceptional Per... More

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat controller assists a Nepalese Mahabir Ranger cut into a wall during collapsed structure training Oct. 16, 2017, in Kathmandu, Nepal. 320th STS operators te... More

Team members with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron

Team members with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron

Team members with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron prepare a smoke signal system near a landing zone March 25, 2016, at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. The smoke was used to help other 26th STS members performing ... More

A U.S. Air Force special tactics Airman assigned to

A U.S. Air Force special tactics Airman assigned to

A U.S. Air Force special tactics Airman assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing waits on a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook assigned to 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, Fort Eustis, Va., before conducting fr... More

Special Tactics memorial pushups

Special Tactics memorial pushups

Approximately 150 Special Tactics Airmen perform "memorial pushups" during a ceremony to remember four fallen Hurlburt Airmen at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 23, 2016. Maj. William Downs, a pilot with the 6th Spec... More

The family of Capt. Matthew D. Roland, a Special Tactics

The family of Capt. Matthew D. Roland, a Special Tactics

The family of Capt. Matthew D. Roland, a Special Tactics officer killed in action, was presented his posthumous Silver Star medal by Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, Hu... More

A Special Tactics Training Squadron student’s equipment

A Special Tactics Training Squadron student’s equipment

A Special Tactics Training Squadron student’s equipment is laid out during a pre-scuba class at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 29, 2016. The purpose of this training is to familiarize the trainees with the basics o... More

An MC-130J Commando II with the 17th Special Operations

An MC-130J Commando II with the 17th Special Operations

An MC-130J Commando II with the 17th Special Operations Squadron performs a fly by over Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 14, 2016. The 353rd SOG led special operations assets and conventional forces from a... More

The Hurlburt Field Honor Guard present the colors during

The Hurlburt Field Honor Guard present the colors during

The Hurlburt Field Honor Guard present the colors during the 24th Special Operations Wing assumption of command at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 14, 2016. Heithold presided over the assumption of command, where Ma... More

Special Tactics Airmen encourage a junior ROTC cadet

Special Tactics Airmen encourage a junior ROTC cadet

Special Tactics Airmen encourage a junior ROTC cadet rappelling down a 40-foot wall normally used for training on rescue and infiltration techniques at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 20, 2016. Special Tactics Airme... More

Legacy of fallen Airman continued in SOWT graduates

Legacy of fallen Airman continued in SOWT graduates

Senior Airman John Campbell, Special Operations Weather Team student assigned to the Special Tactics Training Squadron, accepts the first Lt. Col. William Schroeder Memorial Award from Abby Schroeder, Schoeder'... More

Combat Control School students assigned to the 352nd

Combat Control School students assigned to the 352nd

Combat Control School students assigned to the 352nd Battlefield Airmen Training Squadron go over their mission before a tactics field training exercise at Camp Mackall, N.C., Aug. 3, 2016. The FTX is a culmina... More

A member of the Pope Army Airfield Base Honor Guard

A member of the Pope Army Airfield Base Honor Guard

A member of the Pope Army Airfield Base Honor Guard salutes an American Flag to mark Chief Master Sgt. Marshall Farris’, Headquarters Air Force combat control functional manager, retirement during a ceremony at... More

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and Philippine

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and Philippine

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and Philippine Forward Air Controllers (PFACs) from the 710th Special Operations Wing pose for a group photo in front of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano located on the is... More

Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 26th Special

Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 26th Special

Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron download equipment from a MC-130J aircraft during a Full Mission Profile exercise at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Oct. 12, 2016. The FMP... More

The Hurlburt Field Honor Guard posts the colors during

The Hurlburt Field Honor Guard posts the colors during

The Hurlburt Field Honor Guard posts the colors during the Special Tactics Memorial dedication ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 20, 2016. The memorial was conceptualized by Steve Haggett, a 30-year retire... More

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and his wife, Dawn Goldfein, met with Air Force Special Operation Command personnel at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 19-20, 2016. Goldfein was the keynote speaker at... More

Linda Ammons, Tech. Sgt. Timothy Officer’s mother,

Linda Ammons, Tech. Sgt. Timothy Officer’s mother,

Linda Ammons, Tech. Sgt. Timothy Officer’s mother, and Mike Ammons, Officer’s stepfather, admire the first-ever award dedicated in their son’s namesake at a Special Tactics Tactical Air Control Party completion... More

The 73rd Silver Star Medal awarded to an Airman since

The 73rd Silver Star Medal awarded to an Airman since

The 73rd Silver Star Medal awarded to an Airman since 9/11 lays on a table before a presentation ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Nov. 16, 2016. The Silver Star Medal is the third-highest medal awar... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, parachute into the Pacific Ocean at dawn Nov. 22, 2016, off the western coast Okinawa, Japan. The 320th STS Airmen train ... More

Special Tactics Airmen, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Special Tactics Airmen, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Special Tactics Airmen provide a full-spectrum, air-focused special operations capability to the combatant commander in order to ensure airpower success. With their unique skill sets, Special Tactics operators ... More

Chief Master Sgt. Davide Keaton, 26th Special Tactics

Chief Master Sgt. Davide Keaton, 26th Special Tactics

Chief Master Sgt. Davide Keaton, 26th Special Tactics Squadron superintendent, completes his final jump at Eglin Range, Fla., Jan. 10, 2017. Over the course of Keaton's 30-year career, he was decorated nine tim... More

Members of the U.S. military and Clovis SWAT team look

Members of the U.S. military and Clovis SWAT team look

Members of the U.S. military and Clovis SWAT team look over maps during the planning phase of a night training scenario at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Feb. 1, 2017. The U.S. military members helped train... More

Special Tactics Airman identified, recovery efforts ongoing

Special Tactics Airman identified, recovery efforts ongoing

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff, Special Tactics combat controller.

Special Tactics Airman killed in off duty incident

Special Tactics Airman killed in off duty incident

Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Hernandez, 26, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, died in an off duty incident in Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 1, 2019. As a Special Tactics combat con... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 24th and 27th Special

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 24th and 27th Special

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 24th and 27th Special Operations Wings work together during a static load training during Exercise Emerald Warrior at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 26, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.... More

U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey from the 1st Special Operations

U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey from the 1st Special Operations

U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey from the 1st Special Operations Wing park on the flightline during Emerald Warrior 2017 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 27, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command e... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 9th Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 9th Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 9th Special Operations Squadron discuss a mission during Emerald Warrior 17 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 28, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command exe... More

U.S. Air Force members of the Special Operations Forces

U.S. Air Force members of the Special Operations Forces

U.S. Air Force members of the Special Operations Forces Medical Element practice lifting procedures during Emerald Warrior 17 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 28, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operation... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Fernandez, 3rd

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Fernandez, 3rd

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Fernandez, 3rd Combat Camera Squadron, documents a loadmaster lowering the ramp of an MC-130J Commando II on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 28, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Sp... More

A U.S. Navy pilot from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron

A U.S. Navy pilot from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron

A U.S. Navy pilot from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5 performs pre-flight checks on an MH-60S Seahawk prior to a training mission during Exercise Emerald Warrior 17 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 28, 2017. Eme... More

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics combat controllers from

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics combat controllers from

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics combat controllers from the 24th Special Operations Wing perform equipment buddy checks during Emerald Warrior 17, Feb. 28, 2017, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Emerald Warrior is a U.S.... More

A U.S. Navy pilot from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron

A U.S. Navy pilot from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron

A U.S. Navy pilot from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5 walks to an MH-60S Seahawk during Emerald Warrior 17 March 1, 2017, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command exercise ... More

U.S. Marines Corporal Ignacio Aranda and Staff Sgt.

U.S. Marines Corporal Ignacio Aranda and Staff Sgt.

U.S. Marines Corporal Ignacio Aranda and Staff Sgt. Aurelina Perez, both radio technicians from Marine Air Support Squadron 6 listen in on radio frequencies from aircraft in the area during Emerald Warrior 17 a... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen simulate victims of an aircraft

U.S. Air Force Airmen simulate victims of an aircraft

U.S. Air Force Airmen simulate victims of an aircraft crash during Emerald Warrior 17 at Camp Shelby, Miss., March 2, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command exercise during which joint speci... More

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey flies during Emerald

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey flies during Emerald

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey flies during Emerald Warrior 17 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 2, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command exercise during which joint special operations forces t... More

A U.S. Air Force loadmaster assigned to the 9th Special

A U.S. Air Force loadmaster assigned to the 9th Special

A U.S. Air Force loadmaster assigned to the 9th Special Operations Squadron secures his helmet before a training mission during Emerald Warrior 17 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 2, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.... More

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airman assigned to

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airman assigned to

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airman assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing prepares for close air support training during Emerald Warrior 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 2, 2017. Emerald Warri... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group prepare to take-off during Emerald Warrior 17 March 2, 2017, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command exercise during whi... More

U.S. Navy Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron

U.S. Navy Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron

U.S. Navy Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Team FIVE perform pre-flight checks on an MH-60S Seahawk during Emerald Warrior 17 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 3, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special... More

A U.S. Air Force flight engineer assigned to the 4th

A U.S. Air Force flight engineer assigned to the 4th

A U.S. Air Force flight engineer assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron performs pre-flight checks on an AC-130U Spooky during Emerald Warrior 17 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 4, 2017. Emerald Warrior... More

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 22nd Special

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 22nd Special

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron calls in close air support during Emerald Warrior 17 at Eglin Range, Fla., March 4, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Comma... More

A U.S. Air Force maintainer and loadmaster from the

A U.S. Air Force maintainer and loadmaster from the

A U.S. Air Force maintainer and loadmaster from the 27th Special Operations Wing ready a ramp on an MC-130J Commando II during Emerald Warrior 17 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 6, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 59th Medical

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 59th Medical

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 59th Medical Wing transport a patient during Emerald Warrior 17 at Eglin Range, Fla., March 6 ,2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command exercise during wh... More

A U.S. Air Force pilot with the 121st Air Refueling

A U.S. Air Force pilot with the 121st Air Refueling

A U.S. Air Force pilot with the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Ohio Air National Guard performs pre-flight checks of a KC-135R Stratotanker during a training sortie in support of Emerald Warrior 17 March 7, 2017. Em... More

A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group

A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group

A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group conducts close quarters battle training during Emerald Warrior 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 7, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operatio... More

A U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II with the 9th Special

A U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II with the 9th Special

A U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II with the 9th Special Operations Squadron receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker with the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, for refueling during a trainin... More

U.S. Marines and Airmen line up for a fin inspection

U.S. Marines and Airmen line up for a fin inspection

U.S. Marines and Airmen line up for a fin inspection during the Marine Special Operations School’s Individual Training Course, March 20, 2017 at Key West, Fla. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics... More

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, speaks during a Silver Star Medal presentation ceremony for Tech. Sgt. Brian Claughsey, a combat controller with the 21st Special Tactics S... More

U.S. Air Force Air Commandos, assigned to the 321st

U.S. Air Force Air Commandos, assigned to the 321st

U.S. Air Force Air Commandos, assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron board a MC-130J Commando II, April 13, 2017, on RAF Sculthorpe, England. The Air Commandos performed a second static line jump to bec... More

An Air Force Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special

An Air Force Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special

An Air Force Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special Operations Wing relays information to a Royal Jordanian Air Force UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter during a combat search and rescue mission at Eager Lion Ma... More

An Air Force Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special

An Air Force Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special

An Air Force Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special Operations Wing rappels into the Al Biadia Cave Complex during a personnel rescue mission for Eager Lion May 13, 2017, in Mafraq Province, Jordan. Speci... More

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing and Italy's 17th Stormo Incursori troops prepare to board an Ohio Air National Guard C-130H Hercules before a military free fall durin... More

A Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics

A Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics

A Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron belays a Junior ROTC cadet during Summer Leadership School at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 28, 2017. Special Tactics Airmen partnered with more than... More

On Aug. 10, 2017, a small force of eight combat controllers

On Aug. 10, 2017, a small force of eight combat controllers

On Aug. 10, 2017, a small force of eight combat controllers with the 321st Special Tactics Squdron surveyed a two-lane highway in Estonia, deconflicted airspace and exercised command and control on the ground a... More

A combat controller with the 321st Special Tactics

A combat controller with the 321st Special Tactics

A combat controller with the 321st Special Tactics Squadron takes wind-speed measurements before landing A-10 Thunderbolt IIs on Jägala-Käravete Highway, Aug. 10, in Jägala, Estonia. A small force of eight Spec... More

Members of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base honor

Members of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base honor

Members of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base honor guard prepare to present the colors during a ceremony dedicating an Ohio highway to a special operations hero, Aug. 14, 2017. Six miles of County Highway 121... More

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron and 31st

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron and 31st

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron and 31st Rescue Squadron operators conduct military free fall operations from a U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II Sept. 21, 2017, ... More

320th STS supports a rescue in Nepal

320th STS supports a rescue in Nepal

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators take a group photo with Mr. Frank Fiorillo and his wife Nonie following his recovery Oct. 10, 2017, in Gorak Shep, Nepal. The operators demonstrated their... More

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