Video by Maj. Kippun Sumner | 51st Fighter Wing | 11.01.2024
With drop zone operations support provided by U.S. Air Force personnel from the 607th Air Support Operations Group, Republic of Korea military personnel assigned to the 13th Special Mission Brigade jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, and landed in a drop zone near Seoul Air Base, ROK, Nov. 1, 2024. The bilateral......
Video by Sgt. Jazmin Cameron | Media Bureau Korea (AFN Pacific) | 07.30.2024
SOCKOR plans and conducts Special Operations in support of the Commander of United States Forces/United Nations Commander/Combined Forces Commander in armistice, crisis and war. Since its inception, SOCKOR continues to be the only theater SOC in which U.S. and host nation SOF are institutionally organized for combined operations. SOCKOR and Republic of Korea (ROK) Army Special Warfare Command......
Video by Senior Airman Nash Truitt | Media Bureau Korea (AFN Pacific) | 04.19.2024
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Alex, liaison assigned to Special Operation Command, 8th Army, explains the importance of training events that bolster U.S. and RoK interoperability at Osan Air Base, South Korea, April 19, 2024. The training reinforced and solidified capabilities that U.S. and RoK forces exercise to remain mission capable. (U.S. Air Force Video by Senior Airman Nash Truitt)...
Video by Maj. Rachel Buitrago | Seventh Air Force | 04.18.2024
An inert GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided munition fired from a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper impacts a simulated target at Pilsung Range, Republic of Korea, April 19, 2024. The MQ-9 Reaper participated in Korea Flying Training 24, the largest ROK-U.S. combined flying training event held annually on Korean peninsula, marking the first time the aircraft has deployed to the ROK and participated in......
Video by Senior Airman Chase Sullivan | Media Bureau Korea (AFN Pacific) | 08.17.2023
Personnel assigned to Special Operations Command Korea and Republic of Korea Special Warfare Command land after a combined jump on August 17, 2023, at a training site in the Republic of Korea. Personnel from various nations partook in the realistic training as a means to hone skills and relationships that enable special operations forces in times of need....
Video by Senior Airman Jack LeGrand | Media Bureau Korea (AFN Pacific) | 06.15.2023
Special Operations Command Korea plans and conducts Special Operations in support of the Commander of United States Forces/United Nations Commander/Combined Forces Commander in armistice, crisis and war. SOCKOR is a functional component command of United States Forces Korea, tasked to plan and conduct Special Operations in the Korean theater of operations. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior......
Courtesy Video | Media Bureau Korea (AFN Pacific) | 06.12.2023
Special Operations Command-Korea (SOCKOR) had a change of command Monday June 12th at Camp Humphreys. Major General Michael E. Martin relinquishes command to Brigadier General Derek N. Lipson....
Video by Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier | 51st Fighter Wing | 03.07.2023
U.S. and Republic of Korea Air Force Aircraft utilized an emergency landing site (ELS) during a training event near Daegu. ELS landing and takeoff training is essential to maintain air operations in places other than air bases, allowing aircraft and associated teams to conduct realistic training should the need to operate in austere environments arise. The ELS training consisted of......
