• Teak Piston 2016 brings the 353rd SOG to the Philippines

    A diverse cross-section of personnel from the 353rd Special Operations Group participated in bilateral exchanges with the Philippine Air Force at Clark Air Base and Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base from Sept. 15-30.Teak Piston is a joint-combined exchange training (JCET) conducted with several units

  • Seizing an airfield

    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – Standing at the edge of the open ramp on an MC-130J Commando II, 13,000 feet above their target with the cold wind whipping through the aircraft, they wait for the green light and the aircraft’s loadmaster to give the go sign allowing them to jump from the ramp and parachute

  • Joint operations seize the day

    What began as another calm and quiet summer day on a small island in the Pacific instantly turned into a vortex of dust and a thunderous bedlam of Osprey engines. Marine Corps riflemen stormed the area, neutralized multiple hostiles, and captured a landing strip for incoming cargo planes hauling

  • Joint Airborne Operation a success for 353rd SOG

    "One, two, three...five, six, seven...I see seven chutes," said an Air Force combat controller with the 353rd Special Operations Group, radioing back to the aircrew in the MC-130J Commando II that all jumpers were accounted for.The jumpers followed the lowest man to the ground and in about seven

  • 353rd SOG deploys alongside Marines at RIMPAC 2016

    The 353rd Special Operations Group and III Marine Expeditionary Force joined forces to deploy approximately 22 special tactics Airmen and eight Marines to integrate into the world's largest international warfare exercise here, July 8.

  • 17th SOS welcomes new commander

    U.S. Air Force Col. William Freeman, 353rd Special Operations Group commander, passes the guidon to U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher Lang, 17th Special Operations Squadron commander, during the 17th SOS change of command ceremony on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 8, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by