AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
The US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is the Special Operations component of the United States Air Force and the US Air Force component command to the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), a unified command located at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. AFSOC provides AF Special Operations Forces (SOF) for worldwide deployment and ... FULL STORY
Pararescuemen (PJ)
Pararescuemen (AFSC 1T2X1), also called PJs (a nickname pronounced 'pee jays' that refers to the earlier title 'para jumpers'), are United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and Air Combat Command (ACC) operatives tasked with recovery and medical treatment of personnel in humanitarian and combat environments. They are the only members of the DoD ... FULL STORY
Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT)
Special Operations Weather Technicians (SOWT) (AFSC 1W0X1C) are tactical observer/forecasters with ground combat capabilities and fall under the 720th Special Tactics Group within the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The mission of a Special Operations Weather Technician is to deploy by the most feasible means available into combat and non-permissive environments to collect and ... FULL STORY
Combat Control Team (CCT)
Combat Controllers (AFSC 1C2X1) are ground combat forces assigned to Special Tactics Squadrons within the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The mission of a Combat Controller is to deploy by the most feasible means available into combat and non-permissive environments. Combat Controllers are Special Tactics Operators who establish assault zones, while simultaneously providing: Air ... FULL STORY
Tactical Air Control Party (TACP)
A Tactical Air Control Party, commonly abbreviated TACP (pronounced TAC-P), is usually a team of two or more United States Air Force Tactical Air Controllers (AFSC 1C4X1), sometimes including an Air Liaison Officer (a qualified aviator), which is assigned to a United States Army combat maneuver unit, either conventional or special operational, to advise ground ... FULL STORY
Combat Aviation Advisor (CAA)
Combat Aviation Advisor (CAA) personnel are specifically trained and tasked to assess, train, advise and assist foreign aviation forces in airpower employment, sustainment, and force integration. They help friendly and allied forces employ and sustain their own airpower resources. When necessary, CAAs integrate those resources into joint and combined (multi-national) ... FULL STORY
CA Fields AN/PRC-152
FORT BRAGG, NC – They may not be the best thing since sliced bread, but in the radio world of the foot Soldier, the Harris ... FULL STORY
