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class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Lineage</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Lineage-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Lineage subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Lineage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Assignments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Assignments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Assignments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Assignments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Stations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Components" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Components"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Components</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Components-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Units" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Units"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Units</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Units-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Units subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Units-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Air_Force" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Force"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Air Force</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Force-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air_National_Guard" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_National_Guard"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Air National Guard</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_National_Guard-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air_Force_Reserve_Command" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Force_Reserve_Command"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Air Force Reserve Command</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Force_Reserve_Command-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personnel_and_resources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personnel_and_resources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Personnel and resources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personnel_and_resources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aircraft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aircraft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Aircraft</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Aircraft-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Aircraft subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Aircraft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Current</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Future" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Future"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Future</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Future-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Twenty-Third_Air_Force_(23_AF)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twenty-Third_Air_Force_(23_AF)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Twenty-Third Air Force (23 AF)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twenty-Third_Air_Force_(23_AF)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Operation_Urgent_Fury" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operation_Urgent_Fury"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1</span> <span>Operation Urgent Fury</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operation_Urgent_Fury-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-U.S._Special_Operations_Command" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#U.S._Special_Operations_Command"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2</span> <span>U.S. Special Operations Command</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-U.S._Special_Operations_Command-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operation_Just_Cause" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operation_Just_Cause"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.3</span> <span>Operation Just Cause</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operation_Just_Cause-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gulf_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gulf_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.4</span> <span>Gulf War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gulf_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-AFSOC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#AFSOC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>AFSOC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-AFSOC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Post-Gulf_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-Gulf_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1</span> <span>Post-Gulf War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-Gulf_War-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.4</span> <span>Interoperability and Multinational trainings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interoperability_and_Multinational_trainings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Commanders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Commanders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Commanders</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Commanders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Contingency_operations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Contingency_operations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Contingency operations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Contingency_operations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gallery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Gallery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul 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interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comando_de_Operaciones_Especiales_de_la_Fuerza_A%C3%A9rea" title="Comando de Operaciones Especiales de la Fuerza Aérea – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Comando de Operaciones Especiales de la Fuerza Aérea" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%98%D9%87_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="ستاد فرماندهی عملیات‌های ویژه نیروی هوایی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ستاد فرماندهی عملیات‌های ویژه نیروی هوایی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Air Force Special Operations Command" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0%ED%8A%B9%EC%88%98%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84%EC%82%AC%EB%A0%B9%EB%B6%80" title="공군특수작전사령부 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="공군특수작전사령부" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Air Force Special Operations Command" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%95%D7%97%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA" title="פיקוד המבצעים המיוחדים של חיל האוויר של ארצות הברית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פיקוד המבצעים המיוחדים של חיל האוויר של ארצות הברית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E7%A9%BA%E8%BB%8D%E7%89%B9%E6%AE%8A%E4%BD%9C%E6%88%A6%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89" title="アメリカ空軍特殊作戦コマンド – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アメリカ空軍特殊作戦コマンド" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Air Force Special Operations Command" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbiy_havo_kuchlari_maxsus_operatsiyalar_qo%CA%BBmondonligi" title="Harbiy havo kuchlari maxsus operatsiyalar 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/><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><div><i>Detailed</i></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">22 May 1990 – present (as Air Force Special Operations Command) <br />10 February 1983 – 22 May 1990 (as 23d Air Force)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_Commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Major Commands of the United States Air Force">Major Command</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">"Provide our Nation’s specialized airpower, capable across the spectrum of conflict … Any Place, Any Time, Anywhere"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">17,967 personnel authorized:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>15,724 military personnel</li> <li>2,243 civilian personnel</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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<a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"Air Commandos"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"Any place. Any time. Anywhere"<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AFOEA_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/AFOEA_Streamer.jpg/200px-AFOEA_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/AFOEA_Streamer.jpg/300px-AFOEA_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/AFOEA_Streamer.jpg/400px-AFOEA_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Organizational_Excellence_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Organizational Excellence Award">Air Force Organizational Excellence Award</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/200px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/300px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/400px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-AFSOCfacts_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFSOCfacts-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afsoc.af.mil">www<wbr />.afsoc<wbr />.af<wbr />.mil</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General (United States)">Lt Gen</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_E._Conley" title="Michael E. Conley">Michael E. Conley</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Deputy Commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_General_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General (United States)">Maj Gen</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Justin_R._Hoffman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Justin R. Hoffman (page does not exist)">Justin R. Hoffman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Command Chief Master Sergeant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Master_Sergeant" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Master Sergeant">CCM</a> Anthony W. Green<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Twenty-Third Air Force shield (former) <small>(approved May 1983)</small><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:23_Air_Force_emblem_(1983).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/23_Air_Force_emblem_%281983%29.png/150px-23_Air_Force_emblem_%281983%29.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/23_Air_Force_emblem_%281983%29.png/225px-23_Air_Force_emblem_%281983%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/23_Air_Force_emblem_%281983%29.png/300px-23_Air_Force_emblem_%281983%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="1732" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Aircraft flown</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">Attack</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130W/J</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">MQ-9</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Surveillance_aircraft" title="Surveillance aircraft">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-12" title="Pilatus PC-12">U-28A</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Cargo_aircraft" title="Cargo aircraft">Transport</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/PZL_M28" class="mw-redirect" title="PZL M28">C-145A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dornier_328" title="Dornier 328">C-146A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey" title="Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey">CV-22B</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">Tanker</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">MC-130H/P/J</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>Air Force Special Operations Command</b> (<b>AFSOC</b>), headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, Florida, is the <a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">special operations</a> component of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. An Air Force <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_Commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Major Commands of the United States Air Force">major command</a> (MAJCOM), AFSOC is also the U.S. Air Force component command to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">United States Special Operations Command</a> (USSOCOM), a unified combatant command located at <a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill Air Force Base</a>, Florida. AFSOC provides all Air Force <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Operations Forces">Special Operations Forces</a> (SOF) for worldwide deployment and assignment to regional unified combatant commands. </p><p>Before 1983, Air Force special operations forces were primarily assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a> (TAC) and were generally deployed under the control of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Air Forces in Europe</a> (USAFE) or, as had been the case during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">Pacific Air Forces</a> (PACAF). Just as it had relinquished control of the C-130 theater airlift fleet to <a href="/wiki/Military_Airlift_Command" title="Military Airlift Command">Military Airlift Command</a> (MAC) in 1975, TAC relinquished control of Air Force SOF to MAC in December 1982. </p><p>AFSOC was initially established on 10 February 1983 as Twenty-Third Air Force (23 AF), a subordinate <a href="/wiki/Numbered_air_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Numbered air force">numbered air force</a> of MAC, with 23 AF headquarters initially established at <a href="/wiki/Scott_Air_Force_Base" title="Scott Air Force Base">Scott Air Force Base</a>, Illinois. On 1 August 1987, 23 AF headquarters moved to <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, Florida. AFSOC elements include <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Combat_Control_Team" title="United States Air Force Combat Control Team">Combat Controllers (CCT)</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Pararescue" title="United States Air Force Pararescue">Pararescuemen (PJ)</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Special_Reconnaissance" title="United States Air Force Special Reconnaissance">Special Reconnaissance (SR)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Tactical_Air_Control_Party" title="United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party">Tactical Air Control Party (TACP)</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Predecessor_USAAF_and_USAF_special_operations_units">Predecessor USAAF and USAF special operations units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Predecessor USAAF and USAF special operations units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Wing" title="1st Special Operations Wing">1st Air Commando Group</a>: Late 1943 – November 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Carpetbagger" title="Operation Carpetbagger">Operation Carpetbagger</a>: Early 1944 – July 1945<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Korean_War">Korean War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Korean War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Resupply_and_Communications_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Resupply and Communications Service">Air Resupply and Communications Service</a>: 23 February 1951 – 12 October 1956</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Command_Reconnaissance_Activities,_Korea" title="Combined Command Reconnaissance Activities, Korea">Combined Command Reconnaissance Activities, Korea</a>: December 1951 – December 1953</li> <li><a href="/wiki/6167th_Air_Base_Group" title="6167th Air Base Group">B Flight, 6167th Operations Squadron</a>: 1 April 1952 – 31 December 1953</li> <li><a href="/wiki/6004th_Air_Intelligence_Service_Squadron" title="6004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron">6004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron</a>: c. March 1951 – 1955</li> <li>6006th Air Intelligence Service Squadron: c. 1953–1955</li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Crash_Rescue_Boat_Squadron" title="22nd Crash Rescue Boat Squadron">22nd Crash Rescue Boat Squadron</a>: c. July 1952 – 1954</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Resupply_And_Communications_Service" title="Air Resupply And Communications Service">581st Air Supply and Communications Wing</a>: July 1951 – September 1955</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Resupply_And_Communications_Service" title="Air Resupply And Communications Service">582nd Air Supply and Communications Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/480th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing">580th Air Supply and Communications Wing</a><sup id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_Cold_War_era">Early Cold War era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vietnam_War_era">Vietnam War era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Vietnam War era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Air_Commando_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Air Commando Group">Jungle Jim / 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farm_Gate_(military_operation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm Gate (military operation)">Farm Gate</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Operation Waterpump</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Forward_Air_Controllers" title="Raven Forward Air Controllers">Raven Forward Air Controllers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_404" title="Project 404">Project 404</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_Dog" title="Palace Dog">Palace Dog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Air_Commando_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="56th Air Commando Wing">56th Air Commando Wing</a><sup id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_Cold_War_era">Late Cold War era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Late Cold War era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/4400th_Combat_Crew_Training_Group" title="4400th Combat Crew Training Group">4400th Combat Crew Training Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Wing" title="1st Special Operations Wing">1st Special Operations Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Third_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Third Air Force">Twenty-Third Air Force</a><sup id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Established as <a href="/wiki/Twenty-Third_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Third Air Force">Twenty-Third Air Force</a> on 10 February 1983</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 March 1983</dd> <dd>Redesignated Air Force Special Operations Command and made a major command on 22 May 1990<sup id="cite_ref-AFSOCfacts_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFSOCfacts-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Airlift_Command" title="Military Airlift Command">Military Airlift Command</a>, 1 March 1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>, 22 May 1990 – present<sup id="cite_ref-AFSOCfacts_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFSOCfacts-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scott_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Scott AFB">Scott AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, 1 March 1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, 1 August 1987 – present<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Components">Components</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Air Forces Special Operations Center (redesignated 623d Air and Space Operations Center): 13 December 2005 – 1 January 2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Third_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Third Air Force">Twenty-Third Air Force</a> (Air Forces Special Operations Forces): 1 January 2008 – 4 April 2013</li> <li><b>AFSOC Operations Center</b>: 4 April 2013 – present<sup id="cite_ref-afsoc.af.mil_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afsoc.af.mil-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Air_Division" title="2nd Air Division">2nd Air Division</a>, 1 March 1983 – 1 February 1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Rescue_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Rescue Service">Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service</a>, 1 March 1983 – 1 August 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Rescue_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Rescue Service">Air Rescue Service</a>, 1 August 1989 – 1993</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Wing" title="1st Special Operations Wing">1st Special Operations Wing</a></b>, 1 February 1987 – present</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/24th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="24th Special Operations Wing">24th Special Operations Wing</a></b>, 12 June 2012 – present</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th Special Operations Wing</a></b>, 1 October 2007 – present</li> <li>41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing, 1 October 1983 – 1 August 1989</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/352nd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="352nd Special Operations Wing">352nd Special Operations Wing</a></b>, 1 October 1983 – present</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/353rd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="353rd Special Operations Wing">353rd Special Operations Wing</a></b>, 6 April 1989 – present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/375th_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="375th Airlift Wing">375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing</a>: 1 January 1984 – 1 February 1990</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/492nd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="492nd Special Operations Wing">492nd Special Operations Wing</a></b>: 10 May 2017 – present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/720th_Special_Tactics_Group" title="720th Special Tactics Group">720th Special Tactics Group</a>: 1 October 1987 – Present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/724th_Special_Tactics_Group" title="724th Special Tactics Group">724th Special Tactics Group</a>: 29 April 2011 – Present</li> <li>1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing (later, 1550th Combat Crew Training Wing): 1 October 1983 – 21 May 1990</li> <li>USAF Special Operations School, 1 February 1987 – 22 May 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Training_Center" title="Air Force Special Operations Training Center">Air Force Special Operations Training Center</a>, 8 October 2008 – 11 February 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Air_Warfare_Center" title="Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center">Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center</a>, 11 February 2013 – 10 May 2017<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command_OrBat.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command_OrBat.png/600px-Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command_OrBat.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command_OrBat.png/900px-Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command_OrBat.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command_OrBat.png/1200px-Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command_OrBat.png 2x" data-file-width="2691" data-file-height="1483" /></a><figcaption>Air Force Special Operations Command OrBat</figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Units">Units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force">Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:6th_Special_Operations_Squadron_and_aircraft.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/6th_Special_Operations_Squadron_and_aircraft.jpg/300px-6th_Special_Operations_Squadron_and_aircraft.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/6th_Special_Operations_Squadron_and_aircraft.jpg/450px-6th_Special_Operations_Squadron_and_aircraft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/6th_Special_Operations_Squadron_and_aircraft.jpg/600px-6th_Special_Operations_Squadron_and_aircraft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2997" data-file-height="1314" /></a><figcaption>Several U.S. and Russian-built aircraft of the <br />Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center belonging to the 6th Special Operations Squadron</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MH-53J_Pave_Low_Mission_Descent.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/MH-53J_Pave_Low_Mission_Descent.jpg/300px-MH-53J_Pave_Low_Mission_Descent.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/MH-53J_Pave_Low_Mission_Descent.jpg/450px-MH-53J_Pave_Low_Mission_Descent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/MH-53J_Pave_Low_Mission_Descent.jpg/600px-MH-53J_Pave_Low_Mission_Descent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1728" data-file-height="1068" /></a><figcaption>MH-53J <i>Pave Low III</i> helicopters near Hurlburt Field, circa 2001; upgraded to MH-53M <i>Pave Low IV</i> configuration, the last examples were retired from AFSOC service in late 2008 and replaced by the <br />CV-22B <i>Osprey</i></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AC-130U_over_Hurlburt_Field.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/AC-130U_over_Hurlburt_Field.jpg/300px-AC-130U_over_Hurlburt_Field.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/AC-130U_over_Hurlburt_Field.jpg/450px-AC-130U_over_Hurlburt_Field.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/AC-130U_over_Hurlburt_Field.jpg/600px-AC-130U_over_Hurlburt_Field.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1992" /></a><figcaption>AC-130U <i>Spooky</i> gunship over Hurlburt Field</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MC-130_Combat_Talon_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/MC-130_Combat_Talon_II.jpg/300px-MC-130_Combat_Talon_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/MC-130_Combat_Talon_II.jpg/450px-MC-130_Combat_Talon_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/MC-130_Combat_Talon_II.jpg/600px-MC-130_Combat_Talon_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="1960" /></a><figcaption>MC-130H <i>Combat Talon II</i> infiltration/exfiltration and aerial refueling aircraft</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MC-130J_on_the_tarmac_at_Lockheed_Martin_in_Marietta,_GA..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/MC-130J_on_the_tarmac_at_Lockheed_Martin_in_Marietta%2C_GA..jpg/300px-MC-130J_on_the_tarmac_at_Lockheed_Martin_in_Marietta%2C_GA..jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/MC-130J_on_the_tarmac_at_Lockheed_Martin_in_Marietta%2C_GA..jpg/450px-MC-130J_on_the_tarmac_at_Lockheed_Martin_in_Marietta%2C_GA..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/MC-130J_on_the_tarmac_at_Lockheed_Martin_in_Marietta%2C_GA..jpg/600px-MC-130J_on_the_tarmac_at_Lockheed_Martin_in_Marietta%2C_GA..jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>MC-130J <i>Commando II</i> aircraft on the tarmac at the Lockheed Martin / <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Plant_6" title="United States Air Force Plant 6">Air Force Plant 6</a> facility at <a href="/wiki/Dobbins_ARB" class="mw-redirect" title="Dobbins ARB">Dobbins ARB</a>, Georgia</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EC-130J_Commando_Solo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/EC-130J_Commando_Solo.JPG/300px-EC-130J_Commando_Solo.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/EC-130J_Commando_Solo.JPG/450px-EC-130J_Commando_Solo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/EC-130J_Commando_Solo.JPG/600px-EC-130J_Commando_Solo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>EC-130J <i>Commando Solo III</i> psychological warfare/information warfare aircraft</figcaption></figure> <p>The following list contains the flying and Special Tactics squadrons of the Air Force Special Operations Command: </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Wing" title="1st Special Operations Wing">1st Special Operations Wing</a></b>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, Florida <ul><li><b>1st Special Operations Group</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/4th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="4th Special Operations Squadron">4th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130J Ghostrider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="8th Special Operations Squadron">8th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey" title="Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey">CV-22B Osprey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="15th Special Operations Squadron">15th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">MC-130H Combat Talon II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="34th Special Operations Squadron">34th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-12" title="Pilatus PC-12">U-28A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="65th Special Operations Squadron">65th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">MQ-9 Reaper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="73rd Special Operations Squadron">73rd Special Operations Squadron</a>, AC-130J Ghostrider<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="319th Special Operations Squadron">319th Special Operations Squadron</a>, U-28A</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/24th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="24th Special Operations Wing">24th Special Operations Wing</a></b>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, Florida <ul><li>Special Tactics Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/720th_Special_Tactics_Group" title="720th Special Tactics Group">720th Special Tactics Group</a></b>, Hurlburt Field, Florida <ul><li><a href="/wiki/17th_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="17th Special Tactics Squadron">17th Special Tactics Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Moore" title="Fort Moore">Fort Moore</a>, Georgia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="21st Special Tactics Squadron">21st Special Tactics Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Army Air Field">Pope Field</a>, North Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="22nd Special Tactics Squadron">22nd Special Tactics Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Lewis-McChord" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Base Lewis-McChord">Joint Base Lewis-McChord</a>, Washington</li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="23rd Special Tactics Squadron">23rd Special Tactics Squadron</a>, Hurlburt Field, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="26th Special Tactics Squadron">26th Special Tactics Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cannon_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Cannon AFB">Cannon AFB</a>, New Mexico</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/724th_Special_Tactics_Group" title="724th Special Tactics Group">724th Special Tactics Group</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Army Air Field">Pope Field</a>, North Carolina <ul><li><a href="/wiki/24th_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="24th Special Tactics Squadron">24th Special Tactics Squadron</a>, Pope Field</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th Special Operations Wing</a></b>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cannon_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Cannon AFB">Cannon AFB</a>, New Mexico <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Group" title="27th Special Operations Group">27th Special Operations Group</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="3rd Special Operations Squadron">3rd Special Operations Squadron</a>, MQ-9 Reaper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="9th Special Operations Squadron">9th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">MC-130J Commando II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="12th Special Operations Squadron">12th Special Operations Squadron</a>, Expeditionary MQ-9 Reaper launch and recovery</li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="16th Special Operations Squadron">16th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130W Stinger II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="17th Special Operations Squadron">17th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130J Ghostrider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="20th Special Operations Squadron">20th Special Operations Squadron</a>, CV-22B Osprey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="33rd Special Operations Squadron">33rd Special Operations Squadron</a>, MQ-9 Reaper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/310th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="310th Special Operations Squadron">310th Special Operations Squadron</a>, U-28A</li> <li><a href="/wiki/318th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="318th Special Operations Squadron">318th Special Operations Squadron</a>, U-28A</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/352nd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="352nd Special Operations Wing">352nd Special Operations Wing</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Mildenhall" title="RAF Mildenhall">RAF Mildenhall</a>, UK (supporting <a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">EUCOM</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">AFRICOM</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">CENTCOM</a>) <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/752nd_Special_Operations_Group" title="752nd Special Operations Group">752nd Special Operations Group</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/7th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="7th Special Operations Squadron">7th Special Operations Squadron</a>, CV-22B Osprey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="67th Special Operations Squadron">67th Special Operations Squadron</a>, MC-130J Commando II</li> <li><a href="/wiki/321st_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="321st Special Tactics Squadron">321st Special Tactics Squadron</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/353rd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="353rd Special Operations Wing">353rd Special Operations Wing</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena Air Base</a>, Japan (supporting <a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">INDOPACOM</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="1st Special Operations Squadron">1st Special Operations Squadron</a>, MC-130J Commando II<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="21st Special Operations Squadron">21st Special Operations Squadron</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Yokota_Air_Base" title="Yokota Air Base">Yokota Air Base</a> (CV-22B Osprey)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/320th_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="320th Special Tactics Squadron">320th Special Tactics Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/492nd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="492nd Special Operations Wing">492nd Special Operations Wing</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, Florida<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><b>492nd Special Operations Training Group</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Special_Operations_School" title="United States Air Force Special Operations School">United States Air Force Special Operations School</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="6th Special Operations Squadron">6th Special Operations Squadron</a>, U-28A, <a href="/wiki/Duke_Field" title="Duke Field">Duke Field</a>, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Flight_Test_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Flight Test Squadron">18th Special Operations Test and Evaluation Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="19th Special Operations Squadron">19th Special Operations Squadron</a>, training AC-130U/J, MC-130H, U-28A crews</li> <li>371st Special Operations Combat Training Squadron, ground training</li> <li><a href="/wiki/524th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="524th Special Operations Squadron">524th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dornier_328" title="Dornier 328">C-146A Wolfhound</a>, Duke Field, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/551st_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="551st Special Operations Squadron">551st Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cannon_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Cannon AFB">Cannon AFB</a>, training AC-130W, MQ-9, MC-130J, CV-22B crews</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_National_Guard">Air National Guard</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Air National Guard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/137th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="137th Special Operations Wing">137th Special Operations Wing</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Air_National_Guard" title="Oklahoma Air National Guard">Oklahoma Air National Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Will_Rogers_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Will Rogers Air National Guard Base">Will Rogers Air National Guard Base</a>, Oklahoma<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/137th_Special_Operations_Group" title="137th Special Operations Group">137th Special Operations Group</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/185th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="185th Special Operations Squadron">185th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_C-12_Huron" title="Beechcraft C-12 Huron">MC-12W Liberty</a></li> <li>138th Combat Training Flight, ground training</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/193d_Special_Operations_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="193d Special Operations Wing">193d Special Operations Wing</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Air_National_Guard" title="Pennsylvania Air National Guard">Pennsylvania Air National Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Harrisburg Air National Guard Base">Harrisburg Air National Guard Base</a>, Pennsylvania<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><b>193d Special Operations Group</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/193d_Special_Operations_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="193d Special Operations Squadron">193d Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-130" title="Lockheed EC-130">EC-130J Commando Solo III</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p>Additionally, the Air Force Special Operations Command would gain the following units from <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> or <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a> aligned Air National Guard wings:<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/427th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="427th Special Operations Squadron">427th Special Operations Squadron</a></li> <li>123d Special Tactics Squadron, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Air_National_Guard" title="Kentucky Air National Guard">Kentucky Air National Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville Air National Guard Base">Louisville Air National Guard Base</a>, Kentucky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/125th_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="125th Special Tactics Squadron">125th Special Tactics Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Air_National_Guard" title="Oregon Air National Guard">Oregon Air National Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Portland Air National Guard Base">Portland Air National Guard Base</a>, Oregon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/150th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="150th Special Operations Squadron">150th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Air_National_Guard" title="New Jersey Air National Guard">New Jersey Air National Guard</a>, New Jersey</li> <li>209th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Air_National_Guard" title="Mississippi Air National Guard">Mississippi Air National Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulfport_Combat_Readiness_Training_Center" title="Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center">Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center</a>, Mississippi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/280th_Special_Operations_Communications_Squadron" title="280th Special Operations Communications Squadron">280th Special Operations Communications Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Air_National_Guard" title="Alabama Air National Guard">Alabama Air National Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dothan_Regional_Airport" title="Dothan Regional Airport">Dothan Regional Airport</a>, Alabama</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force_Reserve_Command">Air Force Reserve Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Air Force Reserve Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a> units of Air Force Special Operations Command are: </p> <ul><li><b>919th Special Operations Wing</b>, <a href="/wiki/Duke_Field" title="Duke Field">Duke Field</a>, Florida<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><b>919th Special Operations Group</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="2nd Special Operations Squadron">2nd Special Operations Squadron</a>, MQ-9 Reaper, <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="5th Special Operations Squadron">5th Special Operations Squadron</a>, U-28A</li> <li><a href="/wiki/711th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="711th Special Operations Squadron">711th Special Operations Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/PZL_M28_Skytruck" title="PZL M28 Skytruck">C-145A Skytruck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/859th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="859th Special Operations Squadron">859th Special Operations Squadron</a>, C-146A Wolfhound</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel_and_resources">Personnel and resources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Personnel and resources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Members_of_the_U.S._Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command,_assigned_to_the_23rd_Special_Tactics_Squadron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Members_of_the_U.S._Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command%2C_assigned_to_the_23rd_Special_Tactics_Squadron.jpg/220px-Members_of_the_U.S._Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command%2C_assigned_to_the_23rd_Special_Tactics_Squadron.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Members_of_the_U.S._Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command%2C_assigned_to_the_23rd_Special_Tactics_Squadron.jpg/330px-Members_of_the_U.S._Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command%2C_assigned_to_the_23rd_Special_Tactics_Squadron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Members_of_the_U.S._Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command%2C_assigned_to_the_23rd_Special_Tactics_Squadron.jpg/440px-Members_of_the_U.S._Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command%2C_assigned_to_the_23rd_Special_Tactics_Squadron.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5351" data-file-height="3822" /></a><figcaption>Air Force Special Tactics Commandos<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> training in Jordan</figcaption></figure> <p>AFSOC has about 20,800 active-duty, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and civilian personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The command's SOF units are composed of highly trained, rapidly deployable airmen who are equipped with specialized aircraft. These forces conduct global special operations missions ranging from precision application of firepower, to infiltration, aviation <a href="/wiki/Foreign_internal_defense" title="Foreign internal defense">foreign internal defense</a>, exfiltration, resupply and aerial refueling of SOF operational elements. </p><p>In addition to the pilots, combat systems officers, and enlisted aircrew who fly AFSOC's aircraft, there is a highly experienced support force of maintenance officers and enlisted aircraft maintenance personnel who maintain these complex aircraft and their support systems, a cadre of premier intelligence officers and enlisted intelligence specialists well versed in special operations, as well as logisticians, security forces and numerous other support officers and personnel. </p><p>Another aspect of AFSOC is Special Tactics, the U.S. Air Force's special operations ground force. Similar in ability and employment to <a href="/wiki/Marine_Special_Operations_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Special Operations Command">Marine Special Operations Command</a> (<a href="/wiki/MARSOC" class="mw-redirect" title="MARSOC">MARSOC</a>), <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Forces (United States Army)">U.S. Army Special Forces</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy_SEALs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy SEALs">U.S. Navy SEALs</a>, Air Force Special Tactics personnel are typically the first to enter combat and often find themselves deep behind enemy lines in demanding, austere conditions, usually with little or no support. </p><p>The command's <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_special_operations_squadrons#Special_Tactics_Squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force special operations squadrons">Special Tactics Squadrons</a> are led by <a href="/wiki/Special_Tactics_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Tactics Officer">Special Tactics Officers</a> (STOs). Special Tactics Squadrons combine <a href="/wiki/Combat_Control_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Control Team">Combat Controllers</a>, <a href="/wiki/US_Air_Force_Tactical_Air_Control_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="US Air Force Tactical Air Control Party">Tactical Air Control Party (TACP)</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Special_Reconnaissance" title="United States Air Force Special Reconnaissance">Air Force Special Reconnaissance</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Pararescue" title="United States Air Force Pararescue">Pararescuemen (PJs)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Combat_rescue_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat rescue officer">Combat Rescue Officers (CROs)</a> to form versatile SOF teams. AFSOC's unique capabilities include airborne radio and television broadcast for <a href="/wiki/Psychological_operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychological operations">psychological operations</a>, as well as combat aviation advisors to provide other governments military expertise for their internal development. </p><p>Due to the rigors of the career field, Special Tactics' year-long training is one of the most demanding in the military, with <a href="/wiki/Attrition_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Attrition rate">attrition rates</a> between 80 and 90 percent. In an attempt to reduce the high attrition, Special Tactics is very selective when choosing their officers. Special Tactics Officers (STO) undergo a highly competitive process to gain entry into the Special Tactics career field, ensuring only the most promising and capable leaders are selected. STO leadership and role modeling during the difficult training reduces the attrition rate for enlisted trainees. </p><p>STO selection is a two-phase process. Beginning with Phase One, a board of veteran STOs reviews application packages consisting of letters of recommendation, fitness test scores, and narratives written by the applicants describing their career aspirations and reasons for applying. Based on Phase One performance, about eight to 10 applicants are invited to the next phase. Phase Two is a weeklong battery of evaluations, ranging from physical fitness and leadership to emotional intelligence and personality indicators. At the end of Phase Two, typically two to four applicants are selected to begin the year-plus Special Tactics training pipeline. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current">Current</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Current"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AFSOC regularly operates the following aircraft:<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130J Ghostrider / AC-130U Spooky II / AC-130W Stinger II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey" title="Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey">CV-22B Osprey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-32" title="Boeing C-32">C-32 (Boeing 757)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-130" title="Lockheed EC-130">EC-130J Commando Solo III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">MC-130H Combat Talon II / MC-130J Commando II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PZL_M28" class="mw-redirect" title="PZL M28">C-145A Skytruck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dornier_328" title="Dornier 328">C-146A Wolfhound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_208" class="mw-redirect" title="Cessna 208">C-208B Caravan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-12" title="Pilatus PC-12">U-28A Draco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">MQ-9 Reaper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RQ-11_Raven" class="mw-redirect" title="RQ-11 Raven">RQ-11 Raven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_ScanEagle" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing ScanEagle">Scan Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AeroVironment_Wasp_III" title="AeroVironment Wasp III">Wasp III</a></li></ul> <p>Additionally, AFSOC, through the <a href="/wiki/492nd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="492nd Special Operations Wing">492nd Special Operations Wing</a> (as of 2017, and the Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center previously), possess and operates a small number of the following aircraft for its special training mission and Aviation <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Internal_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Internal Defense">Foreign Internal Defense</a> (FID) missions: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">C-130E Hercules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonov_An-26" title="Antonov An-26">An-26 Curl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-47" class="mw-redirect" title="C-47">C-47T Sky Train</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CASA_C-212_Aviocar" title="CASA C-212 Aviocar">C-212 Aviocar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CASA_CN-235" class="mw-redirect" title="CASA CN-235">CN-235-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-17" title="Mil Mi-17">Mi-17 Hip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UH-1N_Twin_Huey" class="mw-redirect" title="UH-1N Twin Huey">UH-1H and UH-1N Huey</a><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future">Future</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130J</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">MC-130J</a> aircraft based on the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_KC-130J" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockheed Martin KC-130J">Lockheed Martin KC-130J</a> Super Hercules tanker variant are being acquired and sent to certain AFSOC units. MC-130J aircraft have already entered service while the AC-130J continues developmental testing in preparation for an Initial Operational Capability (IOC) with AFSOC projected for FY 2017<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twenty-Third_Air_Force_(23_AF)"><span id="Twenty-Third_Air_Force_.2823_AF.29"></span>Twenty-Third Air Force (23 AF)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Twenty-Third Air Force (23 AF)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 1982, the Air Force transferred responsibility for Air Force <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special operations</a> from <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a> (TAC) to <a href="/wiki/Military_Airlift_Command" title="Military Airlift Command">Military Airlift Command</a> (MAC). Consequently, in March 1983, MAC activated <a href="/wiki/Twenty-Third_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Third Air Force">Twenty-Third Air Force</a> (23 AF) at <a href="/wiki/Scott_Air_Force_Base" title="Scott Air Force Base">Scott Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. This new numbered air force's responsibilities included worldwide missions of <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special operations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Combat_search_and_rescue" title="Combat search and rescue">combat rescue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weather_reconnaissance" title="Weather reconnaissance">weather reconnaissance</a> and aerial sampling, security support for <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile" title="Intercontinental ballistic missile">intercontinental ballistic missile</a> sites, training of USAF helicopter and <a href="/wiki/HC-130" class="mw-redirect" title="HC-130">HC-130</a> crewmen, pararescue training, and medical evacuation.<sup id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Operation_Urgent_Fury">Operation Urgent Fury</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Operation Urgent Fury"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 1983, 23 AF helped <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Grenada" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Grenada">rescue Americans from the island nation of Grenada</a>. During the seven-day operation, centered at <a href="/wiki/Point_Salines_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Point Salines Airport">Point Salines Airport</a>, 23 AF furnished <a href="/wiki/MC-130" class="mw-redirect" title="MC-130">MC-130s</a>, <a href="/wiki/AC-130" class="mw-redirect" title="AC-130">AC-130s</a>, aircrews, maintenance, and support personnel. An <a href="/wiki/EC-130" class="mw-redirect" title="EC-130">EC-130</a> from the <a href="/wiki/193rd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="193rd Special Operations Wing">193rd Special Operations Wing</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> (ANG) also played a <a href="/wiki/Psychological_warfare" title="Psychological warfare">psy-war role</a>. Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) James L. Hobson Jr., an MC-130 pilot and commander of the <a href="/wiki/8th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="8th Special Operations Squadron">8th Special Operations Squadron</a>, was later awarded the <a href="/wiki/Mackay_Trophy" title="Mackay Trophy">Mackay Trophy</a> for his actions in leading the air drop on the Point Salines Airport.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="U.S._Special_Operations_Command">U.S. Special Operations Command</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: U.S. Special Operations Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 1986, the <a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act</a> led to the formation of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">United States Special Operations Command</a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senators</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Cohen" title="William Cohen">William Cohen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Nunn" title="Sam Nunn">Sam Nunn</a> introduced the Senate bill, and the following month Congressman <a href="/wiki/Dan_Daniel_(politician)" title="Dan Daniel (politician)">Dan Daniel</a> introduced a like measure in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>. The key provisions of the legislation formed the basis to amend the 1986 Defense Authorizations Bill. This bill, signed into law in October 1986, in part directed the formation of a unified command responsible for special operations. In April 1987, the DoD established the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) at <a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill Air Force Base</a>, Florida, and Army GEN <a href="/wiki/James_J._Lindsay" title="James J. Lindsay">James J. Lindsay</a> assumed command. Four months later, 23 AF moved its headquarters from Scott AFB to <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, Florida. </p><p>In August 1989, Gen Duane H. Cassidy, USAF, CINCMAC, divested 23 AF of its non-special operations units, e.g., search and rescue, weather reconnaissance, etc. Thus, 23 AF served a dual role: still reporting to MAC, but also functioning as the air component to USSOCOM.<sup id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Operation_Just_Cause">Operation Just Cause</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Operation Just Cause"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From late December 1989 to early January 1990, 23 AF participated in the invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Panama" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Panama">Republic of Panama</a> during <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Panama" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Panama">Operation Just Cause</a>. Special operations aircraft included both active duty <a href="/wiki/AC-130" class="mw-redirect" title="AC-130">AC-130H</a> and Air Force Reserve <a href="/wiki/AC-130" class="mw-redirect" title="AC-130">AC-130A</a> Spectre gunships, <a href="/wiki/EC-130" class="mw-redirect" title="EC-130">EC-130</a> Volant Solo psychological operations aircraft from the Air National Guard, HC-130P/N Combat Shadow tankers, <a href="/wiki/MC-130E" class="mw-redirect" title="MC-130E">MC-130E</a> Combat Talons, and <a href="/wiki/MH-53J" class="mw-redirect" title="MH-53J">MH-53J</a> Pave Low and <a href="/wiki/MH-60G" class="mw-redirect" title="MH-60G">MH-60G</a> Pave Hawk helicopters. Special tactics <a href="/wiki/Combat_Controllers" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Controllers">Combat Controllers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pararescuemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Pararescuemen">Pararescuemen</a> provided important support to combat units.<sup id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spectre gunship crews of the 1 SOW earned the <a href="/wiki/Mackay_Trophy" title="Mackay Trophy">Mackay Trophy</a> and Tunner Award for their efforts, with an Air Force Reserve AC-130A Spectre crew from the <a href="/wiki/919th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="919th Special Operations Wing">919th Special Operations Group</a> (919 SOG) earning the President's Award. An active duty 1st SOW MC-130 Combat Talon crew ferried the captured Panamanian President, <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Noriega" title="Manuel Noriega">Manuel Noriega</a>, to prison in the United States. Likewise, the efforts of the 1 SOW maintenance people earned them the Daedalian Award.<sup id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_12-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 May 1990, General <a href="/wiki/Larry_D._Welch" title="Larry D. Welch">Larry D. Welch</a>, USAF, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a>, redesignated <a href="/wiki/Twenty-Third_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Third Air Force">Twenty-Third Air Force</a> as <b>Air Force Special Operations Command</b> (AFSOC). This new major command consisted of three wings: the 1st, 39th and 353rd Special Operations Wings as well as the 1720th Special Tactics Group (1720 STG), the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School, and the Special Missions Operational Test and Evaluation Center.<sup id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_12-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Currently, after major redesignations and reorganizations, AFSOC direct reporting units include the 16th Special Operations Wing, the 352nd Special Operations Group, the 353rd Special Operations Group, the 720th Special Tactics Group (720 STG), the USAF Special Operations School and the 18th Flight Test Squadron (18 FLTS). During the early 1990s a major reorganization occurred within AFSOC. The 1720 STG became the 720 STG in March 1992; the transfer of ownership of <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a> from <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> (AMC, and formerly MAC) to AFSOC in October 1992, followed by the merger of the 834th Air Base Wing (834 ABW) into the 1 SOW, which assumed host unit responsibilities. A year later the 1 SOW became the 16 SOW in a move to preserve Air Force heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, the Special Missions Operational Test and Evaluation Center (SMOTEC), which explored <a href="/wiki/Heavy_lift" title="Heavy lift">heavy lift</a> <a href="/wiki/Frontier" title="Frontier">frontiers</a> in special operations capabilities, while pursuing better equipment and tactics development, was also reorganized. In April 1994, the Air Force, in an effort to standardize these types of organizations, redesignated SMOTEC as the 18th Flight Test Squadron (18 FLTS).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gulf_War">Gulf War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Gulf War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From early August 1990 to late February 1991, AFSOC participated in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Shield_(Gulf_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Shield (Gulf War)">Operation Desert Shield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a>, the protection of <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> and liberation of <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>. Special tactics personnel operated throughout the theater on multiple combat control and combat rescue missions. Special operations forces performed direct action missions, combat search and rescue, infiltration, exfiltration, air base ground defense, air interdiction, special reconnaissance, close air support, psychological operations, and helicopter air refuelings. <a href="/wiki/Pave_Low" class="mw-redirect" title="Pave Low">Pave Low</a> crews led the helicopter assault on radars to blind Iraq at the onset of hostilities, and they also accomplished the deepest rescue for which they received the <a href="/wiki/Mackay_Trophy" title="Mackay Trophy">Mackay Trophy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MC-130E/H Combat Talons dropped the <a href="/wiki/BLU-82" title="BLU-82">BLU-82</a>, the largest conventional bombs of the war and, along with MC-130P Combat Shadows, dropped the most psychological warfare leaflets, while <a href="/wiki/AC-130" class="mw-redirect" title="AC-130">AC-130A</a> and <a href="/wiki/AC-130" class="mw-redirect" title="AC-130">AC-130H</a> Spectre gunships provided valuable fire support and armed reconnaissance. However, the AC-130 community also suffered the single greatest combat loss of coalition air forces with the shoot down of an AC-130H, call sign <i>Spirit 03</i>, by an Iraqi <a href="/wiki/SA-7_Grail" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-7 Grail">SA-7 Grail</a> surface-to-air missile. All fourteen crew members aboard <i>Spirit 03</i> were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AFSOC">AFSOC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: AFSOC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Post-Gulf_War">Post-Gulf War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Post-Gulf War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 1992, AFSOC special tactics and intelligence personnel supported <a href="/wiki/Operation_Restore_Hope" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Restore Hope">Operation Restore Hope</a> in Somalia. In late 1994, AFSOC units spearheaded <a href="/wiki/Operation_Uphold_Democracy" title="Operation Uphold Democracy">Operation Uphold Democracy</a> in Haiti, and in 1995 <a href="/wiki/Operation_Deliberate_Force" title="Operation Deliberate Force">Operation Deliberate Force</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hurlburt.afaflorida.org_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hurlburt.afaflorida.org-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Operation_Enduring_Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Operation Enduring Freedom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USAF_CCT_Bart_Decker_on_horseback_in_Afghanistan_2001.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/USAF_CCT_Bart_Decker_on_horseback_in_Afghanistan_2001.png/220px-USAF_CCT_Bart_Decker_on_horseback_in_Afghanistan_2001.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/USAF_CCT_Bart_Decker_on_horseback_in_Afghanistan_2001.png/330px-USAF_CCT_Bart_Decker_on_horseback_in_Afghanistan_2001.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/USAF_CCT_Bart_Decker_on_horseback_in_Afghanistan_2001.png/440px-USAF_CCT_Bart_Decker_on_horseback_in_Afghanistan_2001.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Then-MSgt Bart Decker from the 23rd STS, on horseback in the <a href="/wiki/Balkh" title="Balkh">Balkh</a> valley, during the initial days of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._invasion_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. invasion of Afghanistan">U.S. invasion of Afghanistan</a> in 2001.</figcaption></figure> <p>The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentagon, Washington D.C., on <a href="/wiki/11_September_2001_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="11 September 2001 attacks">11 September 2001</a> pushed the United States special operations forces to the forefront of the <a href="/wiki/War_on_Terror" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Terror">war against terrorism</a>. By the end of September 2001, AFSOC deployed forces to southwest Asia for <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan</a> to help destroy the <a href="/wiki/Al_Qaeda" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Qaeda">al Qaeda</a> terrorist organization and remove the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> regime in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>. AFSOC airpower delivered special tactics forces to the battle ground and they in turn focused U.S. airpower and allowed Afghanistan's Northern Alliance ground forces to dispatch the Taliban and al Qaeda from Afghanistan. AFSOC personnel also deployed to the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> to help aid that country's efforts against terrorism.<sup id="cite_ref-hurlburt.afaflorida.org_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hurlburt.afaflorida.org-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>US Air Force Special Operations had a long-term presence in the Philippines during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_%E2%80%93_Philippines" title="Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines">Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Operation_Iraqi_Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Operation Iraqi Freedom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2003, AFSOC again deployed forces to southwest Asia this time in support of what would become <a href="/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a> – the removal of Saddam Hussein and his Baathist government. The command's personnel and aircraft teamed with SOF and conventional forces to quickly bring down <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>'s government by May 2003. AFSOC forces continued to conduct operations in support of the new Iraqi government against insurgents and terrorists.<sup id="cite_ref-hurlburt.afaflorida.org_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hurlburt.afaflorida.org-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Interoperability_and_Multinational_trainings">Interoperability and Multinational trainings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Interoperability and Multinational trainings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The USAFSOC takes part in the multinational trainings at the <a href="/wiki/King_Abdullah_II_Special_Operations_Training_Centre" title="King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre">King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre</a> in which it trains in multiple scenarios with partner nations in order to increase interoperability between partner forces.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AFSOC has had eleven commanders since its inception in 1990. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brig_Gen_Thomas_E._Eggers.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thomas E. Eggers"><img alt="Thomas E. Eggers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Brig_Gen_Thomas_E._Eggers.jpg/100px-Brig_Gen_Thomas_E._Eggers.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Brig_Gen_Thomas_E._Eggers.jpg/150px-Brig_Gen_Thomas_E._Eggers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Brig_Gen_Thomas_E._Eggers.jpg/200px-Brig_Gen_Thomas_E._Eggers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="819" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Eggers, Thomas E.</span><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major General</a><br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_E._Eggers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas E. Eggers (page does not exist)">Thomas E. Eggers</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 May 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 June 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002394000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 29 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruce_L._Fister.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bruce L. Fister"><img alt="Bruce L. Fister" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Bruce_L._Fister.jpg/100px-Bruce_L._Fister.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Bruce_L._Fister.jpg/150px-Bruce_L._Fister.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Bruce_L._Fister.jpg/200px-Bruce_L._Fister.jpg 2x" data-file-width="776" data-file-height="876" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Fister, Bruce L.</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruce_L._Fister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bruce L. Fister (page does not exist)">Bruce L. Fister</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 June 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 July 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003112600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 30 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_L._Hobson_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James L. Hobson Jr."><img alt="James L. Hobson Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/James_L._Hobson_Jr.jpg/100px-James_L._Hobson_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/James_L._Hobson_Jr.jpg/150px-James_L._Hobson_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/James_L._Hobson_Jr.jpg/200px-James_L._Hobson_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="336" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Hobson, James L. Jr.</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_L._Hobson_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James L. Hobson Jr. (page does not exist)">James L. Hobson Jr.</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 July 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 July 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003108200000000000♠"></span>2 years, 351 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_Charles_R._Holland.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles R. Holland"><img alt="Charles R. Holland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Maj_Gen_Charles_R._Holland.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_Charles_R._Holland.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Maj_Gen_Charles_R._Holland.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_Charles_R._Holland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Maj_Gen_Charles_R._Holland.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_Charles_R._Holland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="337" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Holland, Charles R.</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Holland" title="Charles R. Holland">Charles R. Holland</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 July 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 August 1999</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002756000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 26 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Maxwell_C._Bailey.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Maxwell C. Bailey"><img alt="Maxwell C. Bailey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Lt_Gen_Maxwell_C._Bailey.jpg/100px-Lt_Gen_Maxwell_C._Bailey.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Lt_Gen_Maxwell_C._Bailey.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Maxwell_C._Bailey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Lt_Gen_Maxwell_C._Bailey.jpg/200px-Lt_Gen_Maxwell_C._Bailey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="336" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Bailey, Maxwell C.</span><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lieutenant General</a><br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maxwell_C._Bailey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maxwell C. Bailey (page does not exist)">Maxwell C. Bailey</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 August 1999</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 January 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002894000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 163 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Paul_V._Hester.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paul V. Hester"><img alt="Paul V. Hester" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Lt_Gen_Paul_V._Hester.jpg/100px-Lt_Gen_Paul_V._Hester.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Lt_Gen_Paul_V._Hester.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Paul_V._Hester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Lt_Gen_Paul_V._Hester.jpg/200px-Lt_Gen_Paul_V._Hester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="336" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Hester, Paul V.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_V._Hester" title="Paul V. Hester">Paul V. Hester</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 January 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 2004</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002896000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 166 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LTGEN_Michael_W_Wooley.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michael W. Wooley"><img alt="Michael W. Wooley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/LTGEN_Michael_W_Wooley.jpg/100px-LTGEN_Michael_W_Wooley.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/LTGEN_Michael_W_Wooley.jpg/150px-LTGEN_Michael_W_Wooley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/LTGEN_Michael_W_Wooley.jpg/200px-LTGEN_Michael_W_Wooley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Wooley, Michael W.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_W._Wooley" title="Michael W. Wooley">Michael W. Wooley</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 2004</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 November 2007</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003124300000000000♠"></span>3 years, 148 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_C._Wurster.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Donald C. Wurster"><img alt="Donald C. Wurster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Donald_C._Wurster.jpg/100px-Donald_C._Wurster.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Donald_C._Wurster.jpg/150px-Donald_C._Wurster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Donald_C._Wurster.jpg/200px-Donald_C._Wurster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2175" data-file-height="2764" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Wurster, Donald C.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Donald_C._Wurster" title="Donald C. Wurster">Donald C. Wurster</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 November 2007</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 June 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003130500000000000♠"></span>3 years, 209 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Eric_E_Fiel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eric E. Fiel"><img alt="Eric E. Fiel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/General_Eric_E_Fiel.jpg/100px-General_Eric_E_Fiel.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/General_Eric_E_Fiel.jpg/150px-General_Eric_E_Fiel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/General_Eric_E_Fiel.jpg/200px-General_Eric_E_Fiel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Fiel, Eric E.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Eric_E._Fiel" title="Eric E. Fiel">Eric E. Fiel</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 June 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 2014</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003110300000000000♠"></span>3 years, 7 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heithold_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bradley A. Heithold"><img alt="Bradley A. Heithold" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Heithold_2016.jpg/100px-Heithold_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Heithold_2016.jpg/150px-Heithold_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Heithold_2016.jpg/200px-Heithold_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Heithold, Bradley A.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Heithold" title="Bradley Heithold">Bradley A. Heithold</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 2014</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 July 2016</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002749000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 18 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_MARSHALL_B._%22BRAD%22_WEBB.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Marshall B. Webb"><img alt="Marshall B. Webb" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_MARSHALL_B._%22BRAD%22_WEBB.JPG/100px-LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_MARSHALL_B._%22BRAD%22_WEBB.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_MARSHALL_B._%22BRAD%22_WEBB.JPG/150px-LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_MARSHALL_B._%22BRAD%22_WEBB.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_MARSHALL_B._%22BRAD%22_WEBB.JPG/200px-LIEUTENANT_GENERAL_MARSHALL_B._%22BRAD%22_WEBB.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Webb, Marshall B.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Marshall_B._Webb" title="Marshall B. Webb">Marshall B. Webb</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 July 2016</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 June 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003107400000000000♠"></span>2 years, 344 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt._Gen._James_C._Slife_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James C. Slife"><img alt="James C. Slife" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lt._Gen._James_C._Slife_%282%29.jpg/100px-Lt._Gen._James_C._Slife_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lt._Gen._James_C._Slife_%282%29.jpg/150px-Lt._Gen._James_C._Slife_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lt._Gen._James_C._Slife_%282%29.jpg/200px-Lt._Gen._James_C._Slife_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1977" data-file-height="2472" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Slife, James C.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/James_C._Slife" title="James C. Slife">James C. Slife</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 June 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 December 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003126000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 164 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt._Gen._Tony_D._Bauernfeind.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tony D. Bauernfeind"><img alt="Tony D. Bauernfeind" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Lt._Gen._Tony_D._Bauernfeind.jpg/100px-Lt._Gen._Tony_D._Bauernfeind.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Lt._Gen._Tony_D._Bauernfeind.jpg/150px-Lt._Gen._Tony_D._Bauernfeind.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Lt._Gen._Tony_D._Bauernfeind.jpg/200px-Lt._Gen._Tony_D._Bauernfeind.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Bauernfeind, Tony D.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Tony_D._Bauernfeind" title="Tony D. Bauernfeind">Tony D. Bauernfeind</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 December 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 July 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002571000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 206 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brig_Gen_Michael_E._Conley_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michael E. Conley"><img alt="Michael E. Conley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Brig_Gen_Michael_E._Conley_%282%29.jpg/100px-Brig_Gen_Michael_E._Conley_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Brig_Gen_Michael_E._Conley_%282%29.jpg/150px-Brig_Gen_Michael_E._Conley_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Brig_Gen_Michael_E._Conley_%282%29.jpg/200px-Brig_Gen_Michael_E._Conley_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Conley, Michael E.</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_E._Conley" title="Michael E. Conley">Michael E. Conley</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 July 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002151000000000000♠"></span>151 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contingency_operations">Contingency operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Contingency operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="border:1px black"> <caption>Operations supported by Air Force Special Operations Forces since the Vietnam War.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Date(s)</th> <th>Operation </th></tr> <tr> <td>1975</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mayaguez_incident" title="Mayaguez incident">Mayaguez incident</a>, Cambodia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Pull" title="Operation Eagle Pull">Operation Eagle Pull</a>, Cambodia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Frequent_Wind" title="Operation Frequent Wind">Operation Frequent Wind</a>, Vietnam </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Fluid_Drive" title="Operation Fluid Drive">Operation Fluid Drive</a>, Lebanon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978</td> <td>Zaire Airlift </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw" title="Operation Eagle Claw">Operation Eagle Claw</a>, Iran </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_L._Dozier#Kidnapping" title="James L. Dozier">Kidnapping of U.S. Army Brigadier General James Dozier</a>, Italy </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_(1981)" title="Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)">Gulf of Sidra incident</a>, Libya </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Urgent_Fury" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Urgent Fury">Operation Urgent Fury</a>, Grenada </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Big_Pine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Big Pine (page does not exist)">Operation Big Pine</a>, Honduras </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983–1985</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Bat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Bat (page does not exist)">Operation Bat</a>, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983–1988</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Bield_Kirk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Bield Kirk (page does not exist)">Operation Bield Kirk</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Blue_Flame&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Blue Flame (page does not exist)">Operation Blue Flame</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Blinking_Light&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Blinking Light (page does not exist)">Operation Blinking Light</a>, El Salvador </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984</td> <td>Salvadorean President <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Napole%C3%B3n_Duarte" title="José Napoleón Duarte">José Napoleón Duarte</a>'s daughter kidnapping, El Salvador </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985</td> <td><a href="/wiki/TWA_Flight_847" title="TWA Flight 847">TWA Flight 847</a> plane hijacking, Algeria/Lebanon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Achille_Lauro_hijacking" title="Achille Lauro hijacking">Achille Lauro hijacking</a>, Mediterranean Sea </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_El_Dorado_Canyon" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation El Dorado Canyon">Operation El Dorado Canyon</a>, Libya </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_73" title="Pan Am Flight 73">Pan Am Flight 73</a> plane hijacking, Pakistan </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Earnest_Will" title="Operation Earnest Will">Operation Earnest Will</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Prime_Chance" title="Operation Prime Chance">Operation Prime Chance</a>, Persian Gulf </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Golden_Pheasant" title="Operation Golden Pheasant">Operation Golden Pheasant</a>, Honduras </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Safe_Passage" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Safe Passage">Operation Safe Passage</a>, Afghanistan </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Poplar_Tree&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Poplar Tree (page does not exist)">Operation Poplar Tree</a>, El Salvador </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Philippine_coup_attempt" title="1989 Philippine coup attempt">1989 Philippine coup attempt</a>, Philippines </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Just_Cause" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Just Cause">Operation Just Cause</a>, Panama </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Promote_Liberty" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Promote Liberty">Operation Promote Liberty</a>, Panama </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990</td> <td>Civilian evacuation, Liberia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990–1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Shield" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Shield">Operation Desert Shield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a>, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eastern_Exit" title="Operation Eastern Exit">Operation Eastern Exit</a>, Somalia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991–2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Provide_Comfort" title="Operation Provide Comfort">Operation Provide Comfort</a> I–III, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Northern_Watch" title="Operation Northern Watch">Operation Northern Watch</a>, Turkey, Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sea_Angel" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Sea Angel">Operation Sea Angel</a>, <a href="/wiki/1991_Bangladesh_cyclone" title="1991 Bangladesh cyclone">1991 Bangladesh cyclone</a> relief, Bangladesh </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Fiery_Vigil" title="Operation Fiery Vigil">Operation Fiery Vigil</a>, Philippines </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Calm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Calm">Operation Desert Calm</a>, Saudi Arabia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991–2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Southern_Watch" title="Operation Southern Watch">Operation Southern Watch</a>, Kuwait </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Silver_Anvil" title="Operation Silver Anvil">Operation Silver Anvil</a>, Sierra Leone </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992–1994</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Provide_Promise" title="Operation Provide Promise">Operation Provide Promise</a> I–II, Italy, Yugoslavia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992–1993</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Restore_Hope" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Restore Hope">Operation Restore Hope</a>, Somalia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1995</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Continue_Hope" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Continue Hope">Operation Continue Hope</a> I–III, Somalia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Deny_Flight" title="Operation Deny Flight">Operation Deny Flight</a>, Yugoslavia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Silver_Hope&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Silver Hope (page does not exist)">Operation Silver Hope</a>, Ukraine </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Restore_Democracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Restore Democracy">Operation Restore Democracy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Uphold_Democracy" title="Operation Uphold Democracy">Operation Uphold Democracy</a>, Haiti </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Support_Hope" title="Operation Support Hope">Operation Support Hope</a>, Rwanda </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_United_Shield" title="Operation United Shield">Operation United Shield</a>, Somalia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Deliberate_Force" title="Operation Deliberate Force">Operation Deliberate Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Joint_Endeavor" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Joint Endeavor">Operation Joint Endeavor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Joint_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Joint Guard">Operation Joint Guard</a>, Italy, Yugoslavia, Bosnia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Search_and_Rescue" class="mw-redirect" title="Search and Rescue">Search and Rescue</a> support for <a href="/wiki/1996_Croatia_USAF_CT-43_crash" title="1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash">U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown CT-43 crash</a>, Croatia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Assured_Response" title="Operation Assured Response">Operation Assured Response</a>, evacuation, Liberia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Guardian_Retrieval" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Guardian Retrieval">Operation Guardian Retrieval</a>, Uganda </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Pacific_Bridge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Pacific Bridge (page does not exist)">Operation Pacific Bridge</a>, Palau </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Guardian_Assistance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Guardian Assistance (page does not exist)">Operation Guardian Assistance</a>, Rwanda </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Silver_Wake" title="Operation Silver Wake">Operation Silver Wake</a>, evacuation, Albania </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Guardian_Angel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Guardian Angel (page does not exist)">Operation Guardian Angel</a>, Yugoslavia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Firm_Response&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Firm Response (page does not exist)">Operation Firm Response</a>, evacuation, Republic of Congo </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_High_Flight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation High Flight (page does not exist)">Operation High Flight</a>, Namibia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td>Operation Desert Thunder, Persian Gulf </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Fox">Operation Desert Fox</a>, Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Allied_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Allied Force">Operation Allied Force</a>, Serbia, Kosovo </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Atlas_Response" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Atlas Response">Operation Atlas Response</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_Mozambique_flood" title="2000 Mozambique flood">flood relief</a>, Mozambique </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Fiery_Relief&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Fiery Relief (page does not exist)">Operation Fiery Relief</a>, volcano relief, Philippines </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Valiant_Return&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Valiant Return (page does not exist)">Operation Valiant Return</a>, China </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Global_War_on_Terror" class="mw-redirect" title="Global War on Terror">Global War on Terror</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Autumn_Return" title="Operation Autumn Return">Operation Autumn Return</a>, evacuation, Côte d'Ivoire </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Shining_Express" title="Operation Shining Express">Operation Shining Express</a>, evacuation, Liberia </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–2011</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a>, Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–2008</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Willing_Spirit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Willing Spirit (page does not exist)">Operation Willing Spirit</a>, Colombia </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Atlas_Shield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Atlas Shield (page does not exist)">Operation Atlas Shield</a>, Greece </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Secure_Tomorrow" title="Operation Secure Tomorrow">Operation Secure Tomorrow</a>, Haiti </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005–2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Unified_Assistance" title="Operation Unified Assistance">Operation Unified Assistance</a>, Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Task_Force_Katrina" class="mw-redirect" title="Task Force Katrina">Task Force Katrina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hurrican_Katrina" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurrican Katrina">hurricane relief</a>, United States </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td>evacuation, Lebanon </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Aster_Silver&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Aster Silver (page does not exist)">Operation Aster Silver</a>, evacuation, Chad </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Assured_Delivery" title="Operation Assured Delivery">Operation Assured Delivery</a>, Georgia </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Olympic_Titan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Olympic Titan (page does not exist)">Operation Olympic Titan</a>, Pacific Ocean </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Unified_Response" title="Operation Unified Response">Operation Unified Response</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake" title="2010 Haiti earthquake">earthquake relief</a>, Haiti </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tomodachi" title="Operation Tomodachi">Operation Tomodachi</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">earthquake and tsunami relief</a>, Japan </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn" title="Operation Odyssey Dawn">Operation Odyssey Dawn</a>, Libya </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Damayan" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Damayan">Operation Damayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan" title="Typhoon Haiyan">typhoon relief</a>, Philippines </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Inherent_Resolve" title="Operation Inherent Resolve">Operation Inherent Resolve</a>, Iraq, Syria, and Libya </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015-2021</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operation_Freedom%27s_Sentinel" title="Operation Freedom's Sentinel">Operation Freedom's Sentinel</a>, Afghanistan </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:V-22_Osprey_at_Hurlburt_Field.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="AFSOC's first CV-22B Osprey at sunset, Hurlburt Field, Florida"><img alt="AFSOC's first CV-22B Osprey at sunset, Hurlburt Field, Florida" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/V-22_Osprey_at_Hurlburt_Field.jpg/200px-V-22_Osprey_at_Hurlburt_Field.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/V-22_Osprey_at_Hurlburt_Field.jpg/300px-V-22_Osprey_at_Hurlburt_Field.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/V-22_Osprey_at_Hurlburt_Field.jpg/400px-V-22_Osprey_at_Hurlburt_Field.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3300" data-file-height="2140" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">AFSOC's first CV-22B <i>Osprey</i> at sunset, Hurlburt Field, Florida</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Combat_Control_Team_on_bikes.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Combat Controllers practice seizing an airfield"><img alt="Combat Controllers practice seizing an airfield" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Combat_Control_Team_on_bikes.jpg/200px-Combat_Control_Team_on_bikes.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Combat_Control_Team_on_bikes.jpg/300px-Combat_Control_Team_on_bikes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Combat_Control_Team_on_bikes.jpg/400px-Combat_Control_Team_on_bikes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="1960" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Combat Controllers practice seizing an airfield</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1994. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1557500371" title="Special:BookSources/1557500371">1557500371</a></li> <li>Haas, Michael E. <i>Apollo's Warriors: U.S. Air Force Special Operations During the Cold War</i>. 2002, University Press of the Pacific, Honolulu. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1410200099" title="Special:BookSources/978-1410200099">978-1410200099</a>.</li> <li>Hebert, Adam J. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2005/March%202005/0305commandos.aspx">"The Air Commandos"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Association">Air Force Magazine</a></i>, March 2005 (vol. 88, no. 3).</li> <li>Marquis, Susan L. <i>Unconventional Warfare: Rebuilding U.S. Special Operations Forces</i>. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1997. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0815754760" title="Special:BookSources/0815754760">0815754760</a></li> <li>Pushies, Fred J. <i>Deadly Blue Battle Stories of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command</i>. New York: American Management Assoc, 2009. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.books24x7.com/marc.asp?bookid=32471">Books24x7</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0814413616" title="Special:BookSources/978-0814413616">978-0814413616</a></li> <li>Sine, William F. <i>Guardian Angel: Life and Death Adventures with Pararescue, the World's Most Powerful Commando Rescue Force</i>. 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960" title="List of lieutenant generals in the United States Air Force before 1960">1940–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_from_2010_to_2019" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_since_2020" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals since 2020">2020–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a> <ul><li><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">Installations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct Reporting Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_District_of_Washington" title="Air Force District of Washington">District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center" title="Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center">Operational Test and Evaluation Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">USAF Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of major commands of the United States Air Force">Major commands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">ACC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">AETC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">AFGSC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">AFMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AFRC</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">AFSOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">AMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">PACAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_%E2%80%93_Air_Forces_Africa" title="United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa">USAFE–AFAFRICA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Air_Force" title="Seventh Air Force">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Expeditionary_Air_Force" title="Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force">Thirteenth Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Air_Force" title="Sixteenth Air Force">Sixteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Air_Force" title="Nineteenth Air Force">Nineteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Second_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Second Air Force">Twenty-Second</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the United States Air Force">Wings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Groups" title="List of United States Air Force Groups">Groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force squadrons">Squadrons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_National_Guard_Squadrons" title="List of United States Air National Guard Squadrons">ANG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force Security Forces squadrons">Security 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Academy Cadet Insignia">cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">enlisted</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_aeronautical_rating" title="U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating">Aeronautical ratings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_Engineer_Deployable_Heavy_Operational_Repair_Squadron_Engineers" title="Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers">RED HORSE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces" title="United States Air Force Security Forces">Security Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service" title="United States 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Wing" title="1st Special Operations Wing">1st SOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="24th Special Operations Wing">24th SOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th SOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/137th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="137th Special Operations Wing">137th SOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/150th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="150th Special Operations Wing">150th SOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/193rd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="193rd Special Operations Wing">193rd SOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/352nd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="352nd Special Operations Wing">352nd SOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/353rd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="353rd Special Operations Wing">353rd SOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/492nd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="492nd Special Operations Wing">492nd SOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/919th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="919th Special Operations Wing">919th SOW</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/720th_Special_Tactics_Group" title="720th Special Tactics Group">720th STG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/724th_Special_Tactics_Group" title="724th Special Tactics Group">724th STG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;line-height:1.2em; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_special_operations_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force special operations squadrons">Operations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="1st Special Operations Squadron">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="2nd Special Operations Squadron">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="3rd Special Operations Squadron">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="4th Special Operations Squadron">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="5th Special Operations Squadron">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="6th Special Operations Squadron">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="7th Special Operations Squadron">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="8th Special Operations Squadron">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="9th Special Operations Squadron">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="15th Special Operations Squadron">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="16th Special Operations Squadron">16th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="17th Special Operations Squadron">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="19th Special Operations Squadron">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="20th Special Operations Squadron">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="21st Special Operations Squadron">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Special_Operations_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="22nd Special Operations Squadron">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="33rd Special Operations Squadron">33rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="34th Special Operations Squadron">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=43rd_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="43rd Special Operations Squadron (page does not exist)">43rd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=49th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="49th Special Operations Squadron (page does not exist)">49th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="65th Special Operations Squadron">65th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="67th Special Operations Squadron">67th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="71st Special Operations Squadron">71st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="73rd Special Operations Squadron">73rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/193rd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="193rd Special Operations Squadron">193rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/318th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="318th Special Operations Squadron">318th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="319th Special Operations Squadron">319th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/427th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="427th Special Operations Squadron">427th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/512th_Special_Operations_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="512th Special Operations Squadron">512th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/522nd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="522nd Special Operations Squadron">522nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/524th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="524th Special Operations Squadron">524th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/550th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="550th Special Operations Squadron">550th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/551st_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="551st Special Operations Squadron">551st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/711th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="711th Special Operations Squadron">711th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=919th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="919th Special Operations Squadron (page does not exist)">919th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;line-height:1.2em; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_special_tactics_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force special tactics squadrons">Special Tactics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/17th_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="17th Special Tactics Squadron">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="21st Special Tactics Squadron">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="22nd Special Tactics Squadron">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="23rd Special Tactics Squadron">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="24th Special Tactics Squadron">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="26th Special Tactics Squadron">26th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/123rd_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="123rd Special Tactics Squadron">123rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/125th_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="125th Special Tactics Squadron">125th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/320th_Special_Tactics_Squadron" 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Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School">John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><i>Types</i></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces" title="United States Army Special Forces">Special Forces</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Rangers" title="United States Army Rangers">Rangers</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Civil_Affairs#United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Affairs">Civil Affairs</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Psychological_Operations_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychological Operations (United States)">Psychological Operations</a></dd></dl> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><i>Units</i></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marine_Raider_Regiment" title="Marine Raider Regiment">Marine Raider Regiment</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marine_Raider_Support_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marine Raider Support Group (page does not exist)">Marine Raider Support Group</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marine_Raider_Training_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marine Raider Training Center (page does not exist)">Marine Raider Training Center</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><i>Types</i></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Critical_skills_operator" title="Critical skills operator">Critical skills operator</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">United States Navy<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Special_Warfare_Command" title="United States Naval Special Warfare Command">NAVSPECWARCOM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><i>Units</i></span></dt> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Special_Warfare_Group_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Special Warfare Group 1 (page does not exist)">Naval Special Warfare Group 1</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Special_Warfare_Group_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Special Warfare Group 2 (page does not exist)">Naval Special Warfare Group 2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Special_Warfare_Group_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Special Warfare Group 4 (page does not exist)">Naval Special Warfare Group 4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Special_Warfare_Group_8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Special Warfare Group 8 (page does not exist)">Naval Special Warfare Group 8</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Special_Warfare_Group_11&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Special Warfare Group 11 (page does not exist)">Naval Special Warfare Group 11</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Special_Warfare_Center" title="Naval Special Warfare Center">Naval Special Warfare Center</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><i>Types</i></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs" title="United States Navy SEALs">Navy SEALs</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Special_warfare_combatant-craft_crewmen" title="Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen">Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">United States Air Force<br /><a class="mw-selflink selflink">AFSOC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><i>Units</i></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Wing" title="1st Special Operations Wing">1st Special Operations Wing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/24th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="24th Special Operations Wing">24th Special Operations Wing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th Special Operations Wing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/137th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="137th Special Operations Wing">137th Special Operations Wing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/193rd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="193rd Special Operations Wing">193rd Special Operations Wing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/352nd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="352nd Special Operations Wing">352nd Special Operations Wing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/353rd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="353rd Special Operations Wing">353rd Special Operations Wing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/492nd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="492nd Special Operations Wing">492nd Special Operations Wing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/919th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="919th Special Operations Wing">919th Special Operations Wing</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><i>Types</i></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Pararescue" title="United States Air Force Pararescue">Pararescue</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Combat_Control_Team" title="United States Air Force Combat Control Team">Combat Control Team</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Special_Reconnaissance" title="United States Air Force Special Reconnaissance">Special Reconnaissance</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Combat_Rescue_Officer" title="United States Air Force Combat Rescue Officer">Combat Rescue Officer</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Special_Tactics_Officer" title="United States Air Force Special Tactics Officer">Special Tactics Officer</a></dd> <dd>Combat Aviation Advisors</dd> <dd>Psychological Operations</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Special_mission_unit" title="Special mission unit">Special mission units</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joint_Special_Operations_Command" title="Joint Special Operations Command">JSOC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><i>Army</i></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Delta_Force" title="Delta Force">1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta</a> (Delta Force)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Support_Activity" title="Intelligence Support Activity">Intelligence Support Activity</a> (ISA / The Activity)</dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><i>Navy</i></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/SEAL_Team_Six" title="SEAL Team Six">Naval Special Warfare Development Group</a> (DEVGRU / SEAL Team Six)</dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><i>Air Force</i></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/24th_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="24th Special Tactics Squadron">24th Special Tactics Squadron</a> (24 STS)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Communications_Unit" title="Joint Communications Unit">Joint Communications Unit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Theater Special<br />Operations Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Command_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Operations Command Africa">SOCAFRICA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Command_Central" title="Special Operations Command Central">SOCCENT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Command_Europe" 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