Story by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton | 18th Wing | 11.15.2019
A Global Access Special Tactics team from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron conducted a military freefall jump to seize, establish, and control Wake Island Airfield. The 320th STS employs Special Tactics Operators capable of conducting Global Access, Precision Strike, and Personnel Recovery Operations. Launching from Guam, two MC-130J Commando II aircraft rapidly established and controlled......
Story by Capt. Jessica Tait | 353rd Special Operations Wing | 02.23.2018
Members of the U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group participated in the 37th iteration of the annual Exercise Cobra Gold 2018 (CG18), which took place Feb. 3-23, 2018 at various locations throughout the Kingdom of Thailand....
Courtesy Story | 353rd Special Operations Wing | 11.15.2017
U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators teamed up with Nepalese Mahabir Rangers to enhance search and rescue (SAR) capabilities and improve interoperability during exercise Teak Nail Oct. 15 to Nov. 15, 2017, throughout various locations in Nepal to include Kathmandu, Pokhara, Jomsom and Kaisang....
Story by Capt. Jessica Tait | 353rd Special Operations Wing | 10.10.2017
The 320th Special Tactics Squadron demonstrated their ability to rapidly respond to a crisis and work together as a team during a real-world rescue of a man hiking Mount Everest Base Camp Oct. 10, 2017, in Gorak Shep, Nepal....
Story by Capt. Jessica Tait | 353rd Special Operations Wing | 09.15.2016
A diverse cross-section of personnel from the 353rd Special Operations Group participated in bilateral exchanges with the Philippine Air Force at Clark Air Base and Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base from Sept. 15-30....
Story by Cpl. Natalie Dillon | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 07.09.2016
POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii -- When disaster strikes, most people observe from the outside. They cringe, they pity, they pray. However, some brave men and women choose not to be casual observers. They are the volunteer force who respond to emergencies, like Force Reconnaissance Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force and Special Tactics Airmen with 353rd Special Operations Group,......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern | Exercise Balikatan | 04.20.2012
Philippine and U.S. pararescuemen team up for a series of high and low-altitude jumps from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules, April 20, as part of Exercise Balikatan 2012....
