Air Force Special Operations Command activates the 24th Special Operations Wing in a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The mission of the new wing, AFSOC’s third, is to provide Air Force special tactics forces for rapid global employment.
The Senate Armed Services Committee this week released the full text of its version of the 2026 defense policy bill—often referred to as the National Defense Authorization Act—that would allow the Air Force and Space Force to spend billions of dollars more than the services had sought for next year.