• BATCATS deploy additional humanitarian support

    An additional 15 Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group have departed here March 14 with support equipment and relief supplies on a MC-130H Combat Talon II to support humanitarian relief operations being staged out of Yokota Air Base. The Airmen are highly-trained medical, communication and

  • Pacific Air Commandos deploy to support relief operations

    About 100 people and three MC-130Ps from the 353rd Special Operations Group have deployed to Yokota Air Base March 12 to support humanitarian relief operations after an earthquake measuring 8.9 in magnitude that hit the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Northeastern Japan March 11. The members of

  • SOG master sergeants selected for promotion

    Four master sergeants from the 353rd Special Operations Group were selected for promotion to senior master sergeant here March 10. The selects are: Thomas Barefoot, Detachment 3 of the 25th Intelligence Squadron, Derek Love, 353rd SOG Quality Assurance, Christopher Pippens, 1st Special Operations

  • Squadron marks 30 years of honoring fallen comrades

    Members of the 1st Special Operations Squadron marked their thirtieth consecutive year of honoring fallen brethren of STRAY 59 as the two loadmasters from GOOSE 99 released a ceremonial wreath from the ramp a MC-130H Combat Talon II here Feb. 26.Eight of nine crew members and 15 special operators

  • Air Commandos adopt their namesake

    The Erwin Professional Military Education Center's NCO Academy Air Commando Flight recently spent some time with their namesake, Air Force Special Operations Command's Air Commandos of the Pacific who make up the 353rd Special Operations Group. The 320th Special Tactics Squadron hosted the class

  • STS hosts NCOA students

    Air Commandos from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron hosted more than 80 students and faculty members from the Erwin Professional Military Education Center's NCO Academy Class 11-2 here Feb. 14.The visit is part of the Erwin PME Center's new program to go to work centers across Kadena and give the

  • Air Commandos earn outstanding unit award

    The 353rd Special Operations Group recently earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service from Oct. 1, 2008 to Sept. 30, 2010.Airmen may wear the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ribbon if they were assigned to the 353rd SOG, 1st Special Operations Squadron, 17th

  • Officials honor annual award winners

    Officials from the 353rd Special Operations Group honored more than 65 annual and functional area award winners and the group's top squadron during its 2010 Annual Awards Luncheon here Feb. 10. The 320th Special Tactics Squadron captured the 2010 Squadron of the Year Award.The individual award

  • BATCATS capture Team Kadena awards

    Two master sergeants assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group were honored as annual award winners at the 2010 Team Kadena Annual Awards dinner Feb. 5.Master Sgt. Johnny Miller, from the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron was named Team Kadena's 2010 Senior Noncommissioned Officer

  • SOG Airmen provide mobile gas station

    Members of the 1st Special Operations Squadron and the 353rd Special Operations Group Forward Area Refueling Point Team refueled a U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at a forward area refueling point here Jan. 20 as part of Beverly High 11-02, a local operational readiness exercise.