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Latest Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Stories

Air Force Special Operations Command is looking at expanding its ability to land on beaches around the world as part of a shift toward "runway agnostic" operations.

Special Ops C-130s Using Beaches As Runways Eyed For Pacific Fight

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 19, 2023

AC-130 Gunship Laser Weapon Program’s Future Is Looking Blurry

AC-130 Gunship Laser Weapon Program’s Future Is Looking Blurry

By Howard Altman / Updated May 11, 2023

Retirement Of MC-130H Speeds Up MC-130J Low-Flying Radar Upgrade

Retirement Of MC-130H Speeds Up MC-130J Low-Flying Radar Upgrade

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 11, 2023

MQ-9 Special Operations Sky Guardian

USAF Special Ops Buys MQ-9B SkyGuardians To Test Air-Launched Drone Concepts

By Emma Helfrich / Updated Mar 7, 2023

MAC MC-130

C-130 Seaplane Program Put On Back Burner (Updated)

By Howard Altman / Updated Feb 2, 2023

C-130 Amphibian

C-130 Seaplane Should Fly In 2023 Says Air Force Special Ops Commander

By Howard Altman / Updated Sep 21, 2022

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U.S. Says Its Diplomats Are Out Of Ukraine After U.S. Special Ops Planes Tracked Near Polish Border (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 22, 2022

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) photo

It Looks Like A C-130 Seaplane Is Finally Happening

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 15, 2021

AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) photo

MC-130J Commando II Simulated Launching A Pallet Of Cruise Missiles During A Mock Strike Mission

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 7, 2021

MC-130 photo

Amphibious MC-130J Transport Is On Special Operations Command’s Wishlist

By Thomas Newdick and Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 19, 2021

Iraq photo

Crash In Iraq Helps Unmask Secretive Ultra-Quiet Special Operations Drone Program

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 4, 2021

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Special Operations Command’s New A-29 Super Tucano Pays Tribute To World War II Air Commandos

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 29, 2021

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) photo

The Air Force Finally Has Its First New AT-6E Wolverine Light Attack Aircraft

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 18, 2021

AC-130 photo

Check Out This AC-130 Gunship Pilot Wearing A Scorpion Helmet Mounted Display

By Jamie Hunter / Updated Nov 27, 2020

U.S. Homeland photo

America’s Elite Flying Unit That Made The Recent Long-Range Hostage Rescue In Africa Possible

By Jamie Hunter / Updated Nov 27, 2020

U.S. Homeland photo

No, The Air Force’s Shadowy Surveillance Test Plane Wasn’t Spying On Portland Protesters

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 24, 2020