• 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

  • 320th STS conducts free-fall jumps with RTAF

    U.S. Air Force combat controllers from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron conduct jump operations from a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 17th Special Operations Squadron, Feb. 16, 2017 at Chandy Range, Thailand. Executing jump operations throughout Cobra Gold 2017, the members of

  • CCTs showcase terminal attack control skills at Cobra Gold 2017

    A combat controller from the Royal Thai Air Force Special Operations Regiment receives guidance from joint terminal attack controllers from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron following a training exercise in calling in close air support, Feb. 16, 2017 at Chandy Range, Thailand. Throughout Cobra Gold

  • Bilateral jumps at Cobra Gold 2017

    Royal Thai Air Force Special Operations Regiment combat controllers and pararescuemen jump from an MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 17th Special Operations Squadron, Feb. 14, 2017 at Chandy Range, Thailand. Executing jump operations throughout Cobra Gold 2017, the members of the 320th Special

  • NVG academics during Cobra Gold 2017

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Perry, 17th Special Operations Squadron pilot, instructs various Royal Thai Air Force units on the benefits of flying with night vision goggles (NVG), Feb. 13, 2017 at Korat Air Base, Thailand. During Cobra Gold 2017, the air commandos from the 17th SOS shared their