Want to know the difference between Air Force Special Reconnaissance and Marine Reconnaissance? Special Recon is brand new, whereas Marine Recon has been around since the 1940’s. Both of these ...

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 ...

When it comes to the U.S. Armed Forces’ elite Special Operations units, plenty of folks have heard of the Army’s Delta Force, Special Forces (Green Berets), Rangers, and the Navy SEALs. And a fair ...

America's Special Operations Forces (SOF), regardless of their nature, are a special breed of military, used to performing missions that would seem simply impossible for most other soldiers. As such, ...

FIRST ON THE SCENE TO WIN THE FIGHTEvery mission hinges on battlefield awareness. It’s the job of Air Force Special Reconnaissance (SR) to provide it - any place, any time. These Special Warfare ...

Preface ; Acknowledgement ; Table of contents ; List of contributors ; Introduction -- Chapter 1. Air Force space reconnaissance before 1960. Early Air Force support ; 1953 : weapon system 117L ...

Recent demonstrations by US Air Force special operators proved the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9A Reaper type is capable of deploying other uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) while in flight.

Students in the Air Force Combat Dive Course practice closed-circuit diving for covert infiltration in Panama City Beach, Fla., on June 23. The Air Force Combat Dive Course prepares future special ...

The Air Force is revamping the training pipeline for its toughest jobs. Beginning in November, the Air Force will add a 16-week tactical field course to the training pipeline of Airmen seeking to join ...

A vast majority of Americans know little or nothing at all about the Air Force's special warfare jobs, an issue highlighted in a new think tank study as the service has struggled to recruit for those ...

The Air Force’s special operators remain mostly unknown to the American public when compared with their Navy and Army counterparts, worsening an already difficult recruiting environment, according to ...