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

Special tactics operators communicate with a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to 437th Airlift Wing during Mission Generation Exercise 23 at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 5. (Tech. Sgt. Carly Kavish/Air Force) ...

The U.S. Air Force EC-130J Commando Solo is a specially-modified four-engine Hercules transport plane designed to conduct Military Information Support Operations (MISO), psychological operations ...

Future Air Force Combat Controllers may soon be skipping a major portion of their traditional training pipeline, forgoing the chance to earn a combat diver “scuba bubble.” Air Force Special Operations ...

The T-7 Red Hawk is meant to teach student pilots how to fly fifth-generation aircraft such as the F-35. Air Force officials laid out their plans for teaching instructor pilots on the T-7, and then ...

Air Force Lt. Col. Phillip “Clean” Bourquin, 99th Flying Training Squadron director of operations, and Steve “Bull” Schmidt, Boeing test pilot, prepare to disembark the T-7A Red Hawk after its ...

Air Force instructor pilots from the 71st Flying Training Wing conduct formation flying training in the T-6 Texan II aircraft over Enid, Okla., June 9. They participate in continuation training ...