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  • RTAF CCTs train during Teak Torch 2017

    U.S. Air Force loadmasters assigned to the 1st Special Operations Squadron communicate prior to execution of a full mission profile conducted by Royal Thai Air Force 3rd Battalion Special Operations Regiment and U.S. Air Force 6th SOS, March 16, 2017 at Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. Air commandos

  • Thai partnership strengthened through charity

    Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group hosted three community relation (COMREL) events with private, non-profit orphanages, March 11-12, 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.“This is one of the largest COMREL events the 353rd SOG has ever done,” said U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Walter Booker, Teak

  • 353rd SOG & 601st SQDN exchange knowledge in the sky

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Gary Gessendorf, 1st Special Operations Squadron evaluator flight engineer, explains the critical role of the MC-130H Talon II in rapid multinational response to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the Pacific during an observation flight with aircrew assigned

  • RTAF 601st SQND hosts sports day

    U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Walter Booker, Teak Torch 2017 first shirt, defends the goal during a soccer match with members of the Royal Thai Air Force 601st Squadron, March 8, 2017 at Don Mueang Air Base, Thailand. In addition to subject-matter expert exchanges on airborne operations,

  • 353rd Special Operations Group participates in Teak Torch 2017

    The 353rd Special Operations Group sent a specialized team of subject-matter experts in airborne operations, aircraft maintenance and survive, evade, resist and escape (SERE) to engage with counterparts from the Royal Thai Air Force 601st Squadron, RTAF 3rd Battalion Special Operations Regiment and

  • Top “Dawg” flies with SOG

    The usual items on a 353rd Special Operations Group cargo and passenger manifest can list Humvees, rafts, ATVs, supply drop crates, special forces Army Soldiers, Air Force pararescuemen, a forward area refueling party, or a platoon of Marines armed to the teeth. However, the manifest listed only a

  • 353rd Special Operations Group wraps up Cobra Gold 2017

    Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group participated in the 36th iteration of the annual Theater Security Cooperation event Exercise Cobra Gold 2017 (CG17), which took place Feb. 14-24, 2017 at various locations throughout the Kingdom of Thailand.The 353rd SOG trained side by side with their

  • Airmen support students from local Thai school

    U.S. Air Force members assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group play soccer with Thai students from Sirijantaranmit School Lopburi during a community relations event in Lopburi, Thailand, Feb. 23, 2017. In addition to engaging with the students, the military members supported the school with a

  • Royal Thai Air Force medical exchange

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Zachary Dreaden, 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron flight surgeon, demonstrates to counterparts from the Royal Thai Air Force Wing 1 Hospital on how he applies a tourniquet during a medical exchange, Feb. 22, 2017 at Korat Air Base, Thailand. Cobra Gold 2017 provided an

  • 320th STS and RTAF PJs exercise water recovery operations

    A U.S. Air Force jump master assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron identifies the water drop zone prior to bilateral jump operations from a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II assigned to 17th Special Operations Squadron, Feb. 17, 2017 at Korat Air Base, Thailand. Pararescuemen from the