A 27th Special Operations Wing airman at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, Aug. 5, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Kevin Williams/U.S. Air Force) The Air Force’s Special Operations Command began a new inspection ...

The evolution of the gunship led to the AC-130 Spectre, which, in various versions, would utilize 7.62-caliber miniguns, a ...

Air Force Special Operations Command said it fired its top enlisted leader this week amid an ongoing investigation. Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality ...

Jun. 21—Members of the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base gave their outgoing commander one final salute and then did the same to the incoming leader at a ceremony on Friday.

AFSOC’s MC-130J, AC-130J, and C-146A try their hands at operating in austere, contested environments, such as a highway used as an improvised runway. On August 4, 2024, the U.S. Air Force Special ...

Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael E. Conley is poised to leapfrog from being a one-star general to three stars if he is confirmed as the new leader of Air Force Special Operations Command, or AFSOC. If the ...

The U.S. Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) first missionized aircraft was based on an Air Tractor AT-802, a craft primarily employed for crop dusting. The United States Air Force Special ...

The 919th Special Operations Wing flew the AC-130A Spectre for 20 years, before transitioning to non-gunship aircraft, and will now operate the new AC-130J. The 919th Special Operations Wing (919th ...

Air Force Special Operations Command’s newest airplane has been named the Skyraider II, a tribute to the legendary A-1 Skyraider, which saw service in Korea and Vietnam and was made famous by movies ...

The Air Force is dropping large portions of the previous administration's "reoptimization" plan, but keeping other aspects ...