March 14, 2022 304th Rescue Squadron supports Mount Hood search, rescue A multi-team search-and-rescue mission was conducted in challenging conditions after two climbers fell approximately 200 feet in the Leuthold Couloir area.
Nov. 6, 2020 AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
May 1, 2020 AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
Oct. 10, 2019 Special Tactics Airman killed in training incident Kraines enlisted in the United States Air Force in March 2011. He immediately entered the two-year pararescue training program.
March 1, 2019 Air Force Special Tactics 830-mile march for fallen culminates with memorial ceremony Twenty Special Tactics Airmen will culminate their 830-mile Special Tactics Memorial March for fallen brethren on March 4 with a memorial ceremony hosted by Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlbert Field. The ruck marchers will finish their journey along Highway 98/Miracle Strip Highway
Sept. 11, 2018 Passing the torch: Ex-commando inspires youth for special operations While most people spend their off time catching up on their favorite shows, playing video games, or catching up on social media, one Reserve Airman and clinical nurse with the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, spends his evenings training the future men and women of special operations.
June 20, 2017 Through tragedy, loss, amputation, Airman learns ‘new norm’ “My leg looked like a boomerang.”Those were the words of Staff Sgt. August O’Niell, an Air Force pararescueman, to members of the Air Force Technical Applications Center when the combat warrior visited the base to discuss resiliency during the center’s Combat Airman Fitness Day.
Dec. 17, 2014 PJ’s extraordinary heroism earns an Air Force Cross Recognizing extraordinary heroism shown in combat, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James presented the Air Force Cross to an Air Commando during a ceremony here, Dec. 17.
Sept. 3, 2013 The warrior within: Academy leader, pararescueman discusses the importance of cadets fostering a warrior ethos Being an Air Force warrior is second nature to Chief Master Sgt. Jeremy Hardy, the superintendent for the Commandant of Cadets here and a career pararescueman. In fact, Hardy has served for more than 20 years in combat search and rescue operations with a warrior spirit, surviving motorcycle and