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320th STS Airmen complete water jumps

Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron exit an MC-130H Combat Talon II operated by the 1st Special Operations Squadron on August 28, 2013 during static line jump training off the coast of White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa. The STS Airmen conducted water landings as part of a quarterly training requirement to ensure they remain current and proficient in both static line and free fall jumps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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320th STS Airmen complete water jumps

Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron ride out in an inflatable motor raft to retrieve another STS Airman during training off the coast of White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, August 28, 2013. The STS Airmen conducted water landings as part of a quarterly training requirement to ensure they remain current and proficient in both static line and free fall jumps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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320th STS Airmen complete water jumps

An Airman from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron conducts water landings August 27, 2013 during training off the coast of White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa. The water jumps are part of a quarterly training requirement to ensure they remain current and proficient in both static line and free fall jumps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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320th STS Airmen complete water jumps

Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron exit an MC-130P Combat Shadow operated by the 17th Special Operations Squadron on August 27, 2013 during training off the coast of White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa. The STS Airmen conducted water landings as part of a quarterly training requirement to ensure they remain current and proficient in both static line and free fall jumps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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320th STS Airmen complete water jumps

An Airman from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron conducts water landings August 27, 2013 during training off the coast of White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa. The water jumps are part of a quarterly training requirement to ensure they remain current and proficient in both static line and free fall jumps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer, 353nd Special Operations Group)

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320th STS complete DARC training

A team of Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron move down the hallway in a shoot house on Camp Hansen Aug. 13, 2013. The Airmen cleared the house as part of the Direct Action Resource Center Training. DARC is a two-week course where a group of pararescue, combat controller and survival, evasion, resistance, escape specialists learn skills they can use when they deploy with other joint special operations teams. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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320th STS complete DARC training

A team of Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron move down the hallway in a shoot house on Camp Hansen Aug. 13, 2013. The Airmen cleared the house as part of the Direct Action Resource Center Training. DARC is a two-week course where a group of pararescue, combat controller and survival, evasion, resistance, escape specialists learn skills they can use when they deploy with other joint special operations teams. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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320th STS complete DARC training

An Airman from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron clears a room in a shoot house on Camp Hansen Aug. 13, 2013. The Airmen cleared the house as part of the Direct Action Resource Center Training. DARC is a two-week course where a group of pararescue, combat controller and survival, evasion, resistance, escape specialists learn skills they can use when they deploy with other joint special operations teams. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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320th STS complete DARC training

One Airman provides cover while the other moves through to clear the rest of the room in a shoot house on Camp Hansen Aug. 13, 2013. The Airmen cleared the house as part of the Direct Action Resource Center training. DARC is a two-week course where a group of pararescue, combat controller and survival, evasion, resistance, escape specialists learn skills they can use when they deploy with other joint special operations teams. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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320th STS welcomes new commander

Lt. Col. Edmund Loughran, 320th Special Tactics Squadron incoming commander, accepts the guidon from Col. Benjamin Maitre, 353rd Special Operations Group commander, during a change of command ceremony on Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 27, 2014. (U.S. Air Forcephoto by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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353 SOW refines capabilities in Viking Jet 25-1

Members assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron set up communications equipment and tents during exercise Viking Jet 25-1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 9, 2024. The tents served as living quarters and operations centers during the exercise enabling members of the 353rd Special Operations Wing to employ agile combat employment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Wisher)

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353 SOW refines capabilities in Viking Jet 25-1

A combat controller assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron marshals a MC-130 Commando II during exercise Viking Jet 25-1 on Dec. 10, 2024, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 353rd Special Operations Wing conducted the exercise to train for real-world scenarios in austere locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Wisher)

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353 SOW refines capabilities in Viking Jet 25-1

A combat controller assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron sets up a communication antenna during exercise Viking Jet 25-1 on Dec. 10, 2024, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The exercise integrated conventional forces and Special Operations Forces from various commands in a multitude of training events to validate joint interoperability within the first island chain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Wisher)

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353 SOW refines capabilities in Viking Jet 25-1

Members assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron breach an entryway during exercise Viking Jet 25-1 at Yokota Air Base, Dec. 10, 2024. The 353rd Special Operations Wing conducted the exercise to train for real-world scenarios in austere locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Wisher)

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353 SOW refines capabilities in Viking Jet 25-1

A combat controller assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron sets up a communication antenna during exercise Viking Jet 25-1 on Dec. 10, 2024, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The exercise integrated conventional forces and Special Operations Forces from various commands in a multitude of training events to validate joint interoperability within the first island chain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Wisher)

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353 SOW refines capabilities in Viking Jet 25-1

Members assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron lower a casualty role player from a roof during exercise Viking Jet 25-1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 11, 2024. The exercise placed STS members in realistic events to strengthen their abilities in the face of a real-world crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Wisher)

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353 SOW refines capabilities in Viking Jet 25-1

A pararescueman assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron treats injuries on a patient during exercise Viking Jet 25-1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 11, 2024. This exercise provided the 320th STS opportunities to sharpen their skill sets under real-world conditions within a controlled training environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Wisher)

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353 SOW refines capabilities in Viking Jet 25-1

A pararescueman assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron treats injuries on a casualty role player during exercise Viking Jet 25-1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 11, 2024. This exercise provided the 320th STS opportunities to sharpen their skill sets under real-world conditions within a controlled training environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Wisher)

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AFSA Pitsenbargar Award

Senior Airman Tristan Windle, a pararescueman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, provides medical treatment to a victim during the OSMP training held May 1, 2014 on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Windle was selected as the 2013 Air Force Sergeants Association Pitsenbarger Award recipient for his heroic actions while deployed in 2013 to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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Air Commando awarded Purple Heart

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Staff Sgt. Travis Dalton, a combat controller with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, shakes hands with Col. David Buldoc, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan commander, after receiving the Purple Heart at Craig Joint Theater Hospital here May 10. Sergeant Dalton was wounded in his right arm, hamstrings and buttocks May 8 when an improvised explosive device detonated near him during a dismounted combat patrol in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. (Courtesy photo)

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