Video by Master Sgt. Brandy Burke | Washington Air National Guard | 08.26.2025
U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party Airmen, assigned to the 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, and Royal Thai Air Force CCTs conduct a simulated air support mission as part of Enduring Partners 2025 at Lop Buri, Thailand, Aug. 26, 2025. Enduring Partners is an exchange that builds joint readiness by integrating U.S. and Thai forces in mission areas including ground-controlled......
Video by James Bove | 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group | 08.14.2020
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Grimesey, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, was awarded the Silver Star Medal during a ceremony at Pope Field, North Carolina, Aug.14, 2019. Grimesey received the nation's third highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in 2013....
Video by James Bove | 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group | 08.14.2020
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Grimesey, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, was awarded the Silver Star Medal during a ceremony at Pope Field, North Carolina, Aug.14, 2019. Grimesey received the nation's third highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in 2013....
Video by Master Sgt. Jason Robertson | Joint Force Headquarters - Mississippi National Guard | 02.03.2020
U.S. Airmen infil on an objective using a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during exercise Southern Strike 2020, at Camp McCain Training Center, Miss., Feb. 3, 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. (U.S. Air......
Video by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hester and Senior Airman Harrison Winchell | 3d Audiovisual Squadron | 01.24.2020
This video is the fourth in a series of four videos about increasing public knowledge of Air Force missions and connecting Americans with their Airmen. United States Air Force Tech Sergeant Keaton Thiem calls Austin home and is a Combat Control Instructor stationed at the Special Tactic Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida. 2020 America's Air Force is an outreach effort designed to......
Video by Senior Airman Marcel Williams | Air Force Special Tactics | 11.22.2019
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cody Smith, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, was awarded the Silver Star Medal during a ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 22, 2019. Smith received the nation's third highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in 2018....
Video by Senior Airman Rachel Williams | Air Force Special Tactics | 11.15.2019
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Chris Grove, a Special Tactics combat controller assigned as the 720th Special Tactics Group superintendent, was awarded a Silver Star Medal during a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Nov. 15, 2019. Grove was awarded the nation’s third highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in......
Video by Staff Sgt. Rose Gudex | Air Force Special Tactics | 09.04.2019
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Operators conduct fast rope insertion extraction training with coalition forces during Eager Lion 2019 at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Sept. 4, 2019. Special Tactics is a U.S. Special Operation Command's tactical air and ground integration force, and the Air Force's special operations ground force, leading......
