• Air Commandos hone skills during readiness exercise

    More than 300 members and several aircraft assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group spent nearly a week here testing and assessing their wartime readiness. In conjunction with the 18th Wings local operational readiness exercise Beverly High 12-1, the Air Commandos simulated a deployment to

  • SOF Medics help to add realism to future exercises

    Two special operations medics from the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) helped teach medics from the 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron ways to improve future medical training scenarios during a brief class here Oct. 27.Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Meza and Staff Sgt. Matthew

  • Maintenance key to success during exercise

    Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron worked around the clock to ensure MC-130s here from the 353rd Special Operations Group were ready to fly missions supporting real-world and exercise missions during a local operational readiness inspection here Oct. 24-28.During the

  • SOG officers selected for promotion

    Air Force officials recently selected nine 353rd Special Operations Group first lieutenants for promotion to captain Oct. 19.The selectees are:353rd Special Operations GroupLori GrangerDaniel Perry1st Special Operations SquadronRoss BiechlerBrittany Rattray Matthew Thies17th Special Operations

  • Squadron named Kadena's volunteer unit of the year

    The 1st Special Operations Squadron was named Team Kadena's 2010 Angel Award for the Volunteer Unit of the Year at the Kadena Annual Volunteer Recognition Ceremony here recently.The award recognizes units that support people or groups not associated with their own unit that are part of Team Kadena,

  • Air Commando selected to latest Portraits in Courage edition

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz named Staff Sgt. Kelsey Kent as one of 18 Airmen honored in the sixth volume of Portraits in Courage during an address at the Air Force Association's 2011 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition at National Harbor, Md., Sept. 20. Each year, Air

  • SOG Airmen earn NCO stripes

    Air Force officials recently selected 27 senior airmen assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group for promotion to staff sergeant August 4.The selectees are:353rd Special Operations GroupSamantha Lam1st Special Operations SquadronMark Delacruz 17th Special Operations SquadronJacob Moeller 353rd

  • NCOA students get taste of SOG life

    Students of the Erwin Professional Military Education Center's NCO Academy Air Commando Flight experienced a small slice of what it's like to be a Pacific Air Commando during a visit to the 353rd Special Operations Group here July 6.Tech. Sgt. Michael Comley, a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and

  • Air Commandos selected for promotion

    Air Force officials recently selected 23 staff sergeants assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group for promotion to technical sergeant June 23.The selectees are:353rd Special Operations GroupJudah Mills Grandy Siwabessy Apple Taylor 1st Special Operations SquadronMarchelle Goss 17th Special