• Air Commandos selected for promotion to technical sergeant

    Air Force selected 22 Air Commandos for promotion to technical sergeant June 27.The average score for those selected was 340.17, with an average time in grade and an average time in service of 5.52 years and 10.78 years, respectively. The average score was based on the following point averages:

  • Family strength helps air commando fight cancer

    Family strength, one of the 13 critical attributes of an Air Commando, holds different purpose and meaning for many people. For one senior NCO, family strength helped him live. After enduring two major surgeries, completing radiation treatments, and battling depression along with other side effects

  • 353rd SOG NCOs selected for master sergeant

    On May 23, Air Force officials announced the selection of 19 353rd Special Operations Group technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant. More than 3,800 technical sergeants across the Air Force were selected, representing 18.71 percent of the 20,528 eligible.The average score for those

  • Batcats welcome new commander

    Members across Team Kadena joined the 353rd Special Operations Group to welcome a new leader. Lt. Col. Ben Maitre assumed command of the 353rd SOG during a ceremony held here May 10.Maj. Gen. George Williams, Air Force Special Operations Command, vice commander, highlighted the group's recent

  • 320th STS facility strengthens battlefield Airmen

    "Humans are more important than hardware" is a SOF truth heard continuously throughout the special operations community. One Special Tactics Squadron has a facility that turns words into action.The 320th Special Tactics Squadron's Human Performance Training Center offers battlefield Airmen an

  • Air Commandos remember STRAY 59

    No matter how painful it is to remember or how easy it is to forget, one special operations squadron makes it a priority each year to remember its heritage and to honor those before its members now who paid the ultimate sacrifice. As an annual salute to their fallen comrades, a crew from the 1st

  • 353rd SOG honors annual award winners

    Officials from the 353rd Special Operations Group honored the group's top Airmen during its 2012 Annual Awards Luncheon here Jan 14.The individual award winners are: Airman of the Year Senior Airman Matthew Winkeleer, 320th Special Tactics SquadronNoncommissioned Officer of the Year Tech. Sgt.