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Air Force Special Operations Command

USAF Upgrades Combat Controller’s Bronze Star to Silver Star

Nov. 18, 2019 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Air Force on Nov. 15 awarded an Air Force combat controller the Silver Star for his actions in Afghanistan in November 2007, following a USAF review of Air Force Special Operations Command valor awards. CMSgt. Chris Grove, the superintendent of the 720th Special Tactics ...

USAF Ends Rescue Effort, Looks to Recover Lost Combat Controller

Nov. 10, 2019 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Air Force Special Operations Command has changed its search for a missing special tactics airman into a mission to recover his body. SSgt. Cole Condiff, 29, was a special tactics combat controller with AFSOC's 24th Special Operations Wing. He served in the 23rd Special Tactics ...

Additional Units Join Search for Airman Missing in Gulf of Mexico

Nov. 7, 2019 | By Brian W. Everstine
More USAF units have joined the search for the special tactics airman who fell out of a C-130 into the waters off the coast of Florida on Nov. 5. Reserve rescue airmen, two HH-60G Pave Hawks, and one HC-130 Combat King from the 920th Rescue ...

​Additional Units Join Search for Airman Missing in Gulf of Mexico

Nov. 7, 2019 | By Brian W. Everstine
More USAF units have joined the search for the special tactics airman who fell out of a C-130 into the waters off the coast of Florida on Nov. 5. Reserve rescue airmen, two HH-60G Pave Hawks, and one HC-130 Combat King from the 920th Rescue ...

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