Watch: A Day in the Life of Pararescuemen
Check out what a day in the life of the Pararescuemen deployed to Diyarbakir Air Base, Turkey looks like here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDlHs4aAutQ Featured image courtesy of U.S. Air Force
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Pararescueman fights to return to duty
It was August 15, 2012, when Jeremy Maddamma left Afghanistan on a stretcher. Maddamma, a US Air Force pararescueman, was on a mission to rescue Afghan civilians after multiple suicide bombers hit Zaranj, a city on the Iranian border. He remembers the gunshot puncturing his left knee and falling to the ground. He remembers begging for […]
Documentary: The history of Air Force Special Tactics Combat Rescue
This documentary explores USAF Special Tactics combat rescue as told by some of the men who helped start the program.
Air Force Special Operations Command: “Quiet Professionals”
The words “quiet professionals” have been used to describe the men of Air Force Special Operations Command since their inception. AFSOC has bred some of the most effective combat assets on the battlefield and have fought alongside the world’s most elite units in every major battle in our nation’s history since the Vietnam War. The […]
National Geographic’s “Inside Combat Rescue”… coming soon!
I’ve found that to a lot of people, civilian and military alike, Air Force PJs are like the Kraken of the special operations community: People have vaguely heard of them, sorta know that they’re supposed to be pretty badass, have huge arms, and spend a lot of time underwater, but have never actually seen or […]
Exclusive: USAF PJ Nick Gibson to Summit Mount Everest in 2013
My old pipeline friend Nick Gibson is joining up with the USAF’s Seven Summits team to summit Mount Everest next spring. As soon as I was able to contain my insane jealousy, I thought I’d better get in touch with him to see what it was all about. My fondest memories of Nick, a former […]
This USAF Pararescueman Can Run Farther Than You
It’s no secret that the SOF community is huge on physical fitness. The training pipelines are brutal, the daily PT regimens are physically taxing. (Never go on a “fun” run with a PJ… it inevitably turns into a freaking marathon.) All that body armor, weapons and ammo does weigh a few pounds, after all. Inside this […]
Ask Your Questions About USAF Special Operations (AFSOC)
Hi Everyone, I wanted to introduce our latest contributor to SOFREP. He’ll write under “BK” due to operational commitments. I’m excited to have some solid AFSOC representation on the site and looking forward to some great USAF content. Thanks for hopping on the SOF pirate ship with us, BK. Brandon, Editor-in-Chief [divider] Greetings, SOFREP readers! […]
