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  • Through Airmen's Eyes: The Airman and James Bond

    Rachel Arroyo Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs

    Editor's Note:This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single airman, highlighting their Air Force story. HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — Quartermaster "Q" supplied Skyfall's 50-year anniversary James Bond with a radio and a Walther PPK handgun, but Sean Connery's 007 relied on an Special Operations Airman for some of the bigger stuff. Retired Lt. Col. Charles Russhon, one of the founding air commandos assigned to the China-Burma-India theater in World War II, was a military a...

  • AF launches first special tactics wing

    Rachel Arroyo Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs

    HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command stood up the 24th Special Operations Wing in a ceremony June 12 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. to meet the growing demand for the unique capabilities special tactics Air Commandos provide. USAF: Airman 1st Class Christopher Williams U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command, passes the first guidon from Col. Robert Armfield, commander of 24th Special Operations Wing June 12 at the Freedom Hangar at Hurlburt Field, Fla. T...

  • AF launches first special tactics wing

    Rachel Arroyo Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs

    HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command stood up the 24th Special Operations Wing in a ceremony June 12 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. to meet the growing demand for the unique capabilities special tactics Air Commandos provide. USAF: Airman 1st Class Christopher Williams U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command, passes the first guidon from Col. Robert Armfield, commander of 24th Special Operations Wing June 12 at the Freedom Hangar at Hurlburt Field, Fla. T...