SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a rotational autonomous, self-deploying, and highly mobile
crisis response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to
missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. personnel,
property, and interests in the AFRICOM area of responsibility. SPMAGTF-CR-AF
conducts crisis response, contingency operations, theater security
cooperation, enabling...
Twenty Special Tactics Airmen will ruck from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, Fla., to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11.
Elchin, along with U.S. Army Capt. Andrew Ross and U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Emond,...
Air Force ROTC Cadets receive immersion in Air Force Special Warfare and the Special Warfare Training Wing through physical competition and mentorship.
After BMT, trainees take on the 7-week Special Warfare Candidate's Course. At SWCC, trainees learn how to keep their bodies and mind in peak shape through exercise, proper eating and more so that when they arrive at Assessment and Selection or the TACP Apprentice Course, they're ready for the challenge.
The mission of the Special Warfare Training Wing is to recruit, assess, select and train ground combat forces that specialize in airpower application. The Wing consists of two Groups and seven Squadrons with 12 subordinate Dets/Operating Locations across eight states. The Wing administers 16 training courses and manages Air Force participation in five joint schools, focused on building the...
SPECIAL WARFARE TRAINING WING: The Special Warfare Training Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, selects and trains the Air Force’s conventional and special operations ground combat forces to meet the demand of the future battlefield. We push the limits of human performance and technology to build a stronger, smarter, more lethal force capable of...
Air Force Special Warfare operators earn their berets after completing the rigorous training pipeline, and they honor the beret every day as an operator by upholding the high personal and professional standards of the community.
The SWTW hosts an educational immersion for recruiters across the nation to help them better understand what it takes for candidates to make it through the rigorous Special Warfare pipelines.
