The face of war has changed in the past two decades. While the world’s bad guys and the terrorists have been continually morphing and popping up around the globe, as they’re stomped out in one place and reappearing in another, the “good guys” of the world need to network, innovate, and operate, globally. That’s why […]
A Pararescueman (PJ), who played a key role in the rescue of a boys soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018, was chosen as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year. Technical Sergeant Ken O’Brien, who is assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron (320th STS) out in Kadena Air […]
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators move to clear an objective during exercise Southern Strike 2020, in Fort Morgan, Ala., Feb. 6, 2020. Southern Strike is a large-scale, joint and international combat exercise, which features counter insurgency, close air-support, en-route casualty care, non-combatant evacuation and maritime special operations.
A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator rides a snowmobile during Emerald Warrior 20-1 near the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, Jan. 22, 2020. Emerald Warrior 20-1 provides annual, realistic pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas to prepare special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations, and interagency elements to integrate with, and […]
SOFREP (Special Operations Forces Report) How did we get our name? It was inspired by the military’s use of acronyms in formal communication traffic. We formed in January 2012, due to a general lack of authentic military content in the world and after we recognized an increased online interest in the post-9/11 realm of Military […]
In its quest for more effective close-air support (CAS), the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is turning away from the Air Force and is looking to purchase its own aircraft. According to a solicitation published on the U.S. government’s site, SOCOM is looking to set up a fleet of at least 75 armed overwatch aircraft. […]
The first parts of this series outlined the realities of what it means to be Special Forces. If you haven’t read those two, I suggest that you start there first. Now that you have a better understanding of what Special Operations is all about, I want you to understand what keeps things operating smoothly once […]
Christopher Davis, left, a field service technician, and Ken Cave, an airframe and powerplant specialist with the 319th Special Operations Squadron, prepare for routine maintenance on a U-28A Draco at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 31, 2019. The 319th SOS maintainers enable U-28s to provide tactical airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in support of special operations […]
The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) appears to be short on active-duty operators, a report indicates. As 2019 faded away, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report that reveals a crisis in the making for the Air Force’s elite. Like almost every other Special Operations Command, during the last years, AFSOC has […]
On January 5, an assault force of al-Shabaab terrorists attacked a Kenyan military base and an adjacent airbase that housed American troops. The attack resulted in the deaths of three Americans and the destruction of two surveillance aircraft. If it weren’t for a small team of U.S. troops, however, the attack would have been much […]
The 122nd Fighter Wing hosted a free public airshow June 8-9, 2019, at the 122nd Fighter Wing, Indiana Air National Guard Base in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Fort Wayne Air Show featured an aerial show by the Thunderbirds, the United States Air Force precision-flying demonstration team. The Shockwave Jet Truck “is a custom-built race truck […]
U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, participate in a High Altitude Low Open (HALO) parachute jump into the water from a C-130J Hercules assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 11, 2019
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