Story by Capt. Susan Penning | 193rd Special Operations Wing | 08.04.2023
The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 193rd Special Operations Wing here, in partnership with Lockheed Martin, accepted a new MC-130J Commando II military aircraft on base today during a special ceremony....
Story by Master Sgt. Alexander Farver | 193rd Special Operations Wing | 02.07.2023
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – The first MC-130J Commando II aircraft arrived at Middletown, Pa., Feb. 2, 2023, achieving a major milestone in the 193rd Special Operations Wing’s mission conversion. The 193 SOW is the first, and currently the only, Air National Guard unit to receive the Commando II mission, a flagship mission of Air Force Special Operations Command....
Story by Capt. Kevyn Kaler | 352nd Special Operations Wing | 04.02.2021
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, Rapid Aerial Insertion training demonstrates the 352 SOW’s rapid insertion, long-range, precision-strike capabilities with an aircraft ready for austere conditions....
Story by Senior Airman Andrea Posey | 1st Special Operations Wing | 03.20.2019
U.S. Air Force Capt. Holly Mapel fulfills her childhood dream of flying as a combat systems officer and operational flight test director with the 18th Flight Test Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida....
Story by Capt. Jessica Tait | 353rd Special Operations Wing | 11.30.2017
A silent professional does not seek public glory and often shrugs off accomplishments as a simple fulfillment to their personal ethos and promise to their country. The special operations community is full of these individuals, whose heroic stories are only passed by word of mouth during a squadron gathering or written in a military decoration that never fully captures the human essence of that......
Story by Yasuo Osakabe | 374th Airlift Wing | 06.27.2017
Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group, from Kadena Air Base, Japan built on relationships with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Hamamatsu Air Rescue Squadron, based at Komaki Air Base and Komatsu Air Rescue Squadron, during Exercise Teak Jet, which took place June 9-21, 2017 at Yokota Air Base, Japan....
Story by Senior Airman Peter Reft | 18th Wing | 08.01.2016
What began as another calm and quiet summer day on a small island in the Pacific instantly turned into a vortex of dust and a thunderous bedlam of Osprey engines. Marine Corps riflemen stormed the area, neutralized multiple hostiles, and captured a landing strip for incoming cargo planes hauling additional troops and Humvee command vehicles. Marines and Airmen completed the ground......
Story by Airman 1st Class Alexx Pons | Air Force Special Operations Command | 03.07.2012
Picture walking into a hangar - an enormous warehouse used to house the various aircraft stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. Now imagine the hustle and bustle of Air Commandos maneuvering around newest MC-130J Commando II performing systems checks. Ultimately, the crew chiefs assigned to the 522nd Special Operations Squadron will approve whether or not their most technically advanced......
