Social media reel of U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 17th Special Tactics Squadron completing a live-fire training exercise at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida, Jan. 10, 2024. Special tactics Airmen routinely conduct live-fire trainings to remain proficient with multiple skills. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Rachel Pakenas)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, Air Force Surgeon General, visited the Special Operations Center for Medical Integration and Development at the University of Alabama – Birmingham Hospital to learn more about their partnership with Air Force Special Operations Command on July 20.
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. (Ret.), Tazz Felde, 24th Special Operations Wing Occupational Safety Manager,
received an unusual call from his wife Monday afternoon, Jul. 24, about a six to seven-foot nurse shark
tangled up in an artificial reef near John Beasley Park in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
June 12th marks the 10th anniversary of the 24 SOW at Hurlburt Field. The “at Hurlburt” is key here as the wing’s lineage dates back to its original establishment as the US Army Air Forces 24th Composite Wing (Special) 19 November 1942 and activation on 25 December 1942. Upon activation at Camp Olympia, Reykjavik, the wing’s first mission involved the defense of Iceland during World War II through 15 June 1944. The wing’s original...
