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  • June 10, 2025

    Submissions Open for Thunder Dome 2026 Innovation Competition

    Are you an Air Commando with an innovative idea that gets after strategic competition but need funding? If so, now is your chance to submit your idea for the opportunity to receive capital. The submission window is now open for AFSOC’s innovation competition known as Thunder Dome. All submissions

  • May 5, 2025

    Skyraider wing returns to the 353rd SOW, reuniting a legacy of courage and commitment

    In a powerful and symbolic return, the wing from a downed A-1H Skyraider flown during the Vietnam War was recently discovered in Laos and has been rightfully returned to its legacy unit—the 353rd Special Operations Wing.

  • April 23, 2025

    Air Commandos augment Thailand earthquake search and recovery efforts

    Air Commandos from the 353rd Special Operations Wing recently responded to a request from the Kingdom of Thailand, assisting in critical search and recovery operations in Bangkok following a devastating earthquake, March 29, 2025.

  • April 17, 2025

    To have and to hold – 353 SOW Spouse Appreciation Day

    Military spouses with the 353rd Special Operations Wing participated in the annual 353rd SOW Spouse Appreciation Day at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 3, 2025.

  • Dec. 20, 2024

    353 SOW refines capabilities in Viking Jet 25-1

    Emergencies and crises can happen at any time and place. The 320th Special Tactics Squadron stands ready with the skill sets to assist. Recently they tested their capabilities during the units’ fifth iteration of Exercise Viking Jet from 9-13 December 2024.

  • Dec. 4, 2024

    Gundam 22 U.S. – Japan Friendship Memorial: One year on from Yakushima

    Close to 100 military and civilian personnel from the United States and Japan gathered at the Yakushima Town Hall on 29 November 2024 to attend a ceremony dedicating a cenotaph to the eight heroes who died when their CV-22B Osprey went down just off the coast of the island last year and the joint

  • Nov. 12, 2024

    U.S. - Japan Friendship Memorial Dedication Ceremony

    The 353rd Special Operations Wing will host a bilateral cenotaph dedication ceremony on November 29th, 2024, between the U.S. and Japan to honor the eight Airmen lost in a CV-22 Osprey mishap in November of 2023 and the Yakushima community’s contributions to the search and recovery effort.

  • Oct. 25, 2024

    21 SOS, SOAMXS commit to proficiency with CV-22 precautionary landing practice

    The 21st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 21st Special Operations Squadron practiced precautionary landing procedures with a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey on the flight line at Yokota Air Base, Oct. 7.

  • Aug. 2, 2024

    Special operations forces cut through Kunsan’s rainy skies to demonstrate strike capability

    The goal of the training was to ensure interoperability with coalition special operations forces partners in realistic training environments.

  • July 2, 2024

    CV-22 flight operations resume at Yokota

    Units assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Wing stationed on Yokota Air Base, Japan, resumed CV-22 flight operations on July 2, 2024.

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