AFSOC

Whether calling in close-air support or coordinating insertion, extraction, or CASEVACs, the Air Force’s elite STS is as badass as they come.

The ability to get in and get out with nobody being the wiser is the key to AFSOC’s success. The MC-130 provides exactly that.

The USAF Weapons School, held twice a year at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, is grueling, demanding, and ultimately unforgiving.

Special Tactics Squadron operators were instrumental in enabling relief to come into Haiti following last month’s devastating earthquake.

The Green Hornets of AFSOC’s 20th Special Operations Squadron would come to symbolize America’s resolve in the face of adversity.

The Air Force’s SOLL program has been supporting special operations for decades, yet very little is known about it.

The Air Force Combat Controller controls the skies before, during, and after battle.

Air Force special operations are currently at an inflection point. How they handle it will partly determine their effectiveness against near-peer competitors.

Whether foreign mothers portray them as monsters to scare their children or as saviors who dispatch the monsters, the Air Commandos’ myth is created in the shadows.

From becoming a master at surveillance to winning hearts and minds these are the three most interesting Special Forces courses.

The ability to refuel and rearm close to the front, by utilizing a Forward Arming and Refuelling Point (FARP), is key to an operation.

The future of U.S. Special Operations will rely less on brawny door-kickers and increasingly on technologists armed with software.