They call themselves "the quiet professionals." Theirs is a job that is often thankless, often unheralded, but also often crucial to the interests of the United States. They are the men and women who ...

CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (NEWS RELEASE) - Two MC-130J Commando II crews assigned to the 9th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base were awarded the 2023 Brig. Gen. Ross G. Hoyt Award, ...

U.S. Air Force Air Commandos from Air Force Special Operations Command trained alongside Czech Air Force and Royal Air Force service members during Exercise Emerald Warrior 25.2, held across Arizona, ...

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- A memorial service was held Monday on Hurlburt Field for Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was shot and killed by an Okaloosa County deputy on May 3. In a hangar draped with ...

Airman 1st Class Devyn, a US Air Force DAGRE team member, walks us through every piece of equipment he would carry with him on a mission as an air commando. DAGRE, or Deployed Aircraft Ground Response ...

Air Force operators with the 492nd Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida, prepare to take off for a free-fall and static-line jump mission on an MC-130J Commando II during the Emerald ...

It was an odd leave-taking from Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base. The wives were up to date in Jamaica shorts and Capri pants—but their Air Commando husbands, togged out in green fatigues and ...

Throughout the Global War on Terror, the MC-130J Commando II saw an abundance of operational action in the Middle East and Africa. The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) recently ...

In the US Air Force, there are fewer than 100 active members of the special-operations security force known as DAGRE, or Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element. These specially trained airmen work ...

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- The Fort Walton Beach High School football team got a chance to take part in a three-day youth camp in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force's Air Commandos at Hurlburt Field.

Given how transparent the battlespace in eastern Ukraine has become, such helicopter commando raids are rare—and remarkable when successful.

An curved arrow pointing right. Airman 1st Class Devyn, a US Air Force DAGRE team member, walks us through every piece of equipment he would carry with him on a mission as an air commando. DAGRE, or ...