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  • Mission of Maintenance

    Recently, members of the 352d Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, 352 SOW had the opportunity to tour the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA), a charity organization providing helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for the people of East Anglia. EAAA’s Chief Executive, Patrick Peal, the

  • Military free-fall; Air Commandos reign from above

    Airmen with the 321st Special Tactics Squadron, 352 Special Operations Wing execute a military free fall jump out of an MC-130J Commando II over southern England, 29 Sept. 2017. The ability to quickly assemble, maneuver and deploy forces through such tactics as military free-fall are crucial to the

  • SOCEUR Commander visits Air Commandos

    U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark C. Schwartz (right), commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, receives a briefing from the U.S. Air Force’s 352d Special Operations Maintenance Squadron during his visit to 352d Special Operations Wing on RAF Mildenhall, 7 Sept. 2017. As a part of the briefing,

  • CV-22s, HH-60s Joint Formation

    CV-22 Osprey's from the 352d Special Operations Wing and HH-60 Pave Hawks from the 48th Fighter Wing flew together in a joint formation around southern England Aug. 31, 2017. This flight gave pilots of both units the ability to practice working together in different formations and to hone how they

  • Special Tactics simulates chaos, combat in Estonian village

    Combat controllers sprint through the small, rustic village donned in plate carriers and radios, ducking behind buildings for cover, calling in coordinates and relaying information to the ground force commander. The citizens were transformed into enemy combatants, the village homes into targets for

  • Lt. Gen. Brad Webb visits RAF Mildenhall

    Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command, presents a coin to an Air Commando with the 321st Special Tactics Squadron during his visit to the 352d Special Operations Wing at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, August 21 2017. Webb has more thean 3,700 flying hours and

  • 321 STS Air Commandos land A-10s on Estonian highway

    A quiet, rural highway in northern Estonia transformed into a bustling military airfield as combat controllers guided A-10C Thunderbolt IIs onto the 50-foot-wide freeway during a flying training deployment, Aug. 10, 2017. A small force of eight 321st Special Tactics Squadron combat controllers

  • Honor Guardsmen: Embodiment of military principle, pride

    The methodical drill movements echo like the metronome to the ceremonial presentation of the colors. Service members render a salute to the symbol of American heritage and pride as the first notes of the national anthem sound. Upholding that proud tradition rests on the precision of the base honor

  • Three UK-based wings conduct first-time FARP exercise

    Two MC-130Js from the 67th Special Operations Squadron conducted a Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise July 26, 2017, on RAF Mildenhall, England. A Forward Arming and Refueling Point, or FARP, is an austere location near a combat zone where fuel and supplies can be transferred from one