• 353rd SOG FM best below major command team in the DoD

    The 353rd Special Operations Group (SOG) Financial Management (FM) flight, a small office of four personnel, earned the 2018 Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Financial Management Award for best Below Major Command Level Team for Contributions in Budget Execution.

  • Capt. Joseph Siler: "Go in, get help, get back to the fight"

    The news story shows a drone operation-the screen lights ups with a flash, followed by the crumbling of a building. To the viewer at home, it is a smooth, seamless operation far away. But to Capt. Joseph Siler, he would tell you that it took a team of highly-trained and dedicated intelligence

  • Air Commandos exercise SOF interoperability in the Pacific

     Members of the U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group (SOG) participated in a joint training event with the U.S. Navy USS Wasp, and the U.S. Marine Corp 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) this Wednesday October 23rd, to improve integrated naval and special operations forces (SOF)

  • 353rd Special Operations Group wraps up Balikatan 2018

    Members of the U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group (SOG) participated in the 34th iteration of the annual multilateral training exercise Balikatan 2018 (BK18), which took place May 7-18, 2018 on the island of Luzon, Philippines.  The 353rd SOG trained side-by-side with Armed Forces of the

  • Airmen bring charity to local Philippine children’s home

    U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group leadership for Balikatan 2018 present a charitable donation to the children and faculty of Subic Bay Children’s Home during a community relations event May 12, 2018, at Subic Bay, Philippines. In addition to engaging with the children, the military

  • Bilateral friendship jumps at Balikatan 2018

    U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) operators perform static line jump operations from a U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II May 11, 2018, at Fort Magsaysay Airfield, Philippines. 1st SFG

  • 353rd SOG engages with Philippine C-130 partners

    U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron aircrew explain night flying and instrument procedures to their counterpart from the Philippine Air Force 220th Airlift Squadron during a tactics, techniques and procedures exchange May 10, 2018, at Clark Air Base, Philippines. During the mutually

  • DAGRE trains with 710th SPOW at Balikatan 2018

    A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element (DAGRE) team member provides instruction on combative training with his counterparts from the Philippine Air Force 710th Special Operations Wing during a bilateral training exchange May 9, 2018, at