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  • SOG Airman graduates USMC Corporal's Course

    An Airman from the 17th Special Operations Squadron here did something April 30 no other Air Force member has ever done on Okinawa.Senior Airman Jonnathan Clay, an aviation resource management specialist, became the first Airman ever to graduate from the Corporal's Course at Marine Corps Air Station

  • SOG, Kadena Airmen visit battle sites 65 years later

    More than two dozen Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group and Team Kadena visited multiple locations on the island during a Battle of Okinawa site tour sponsored by the 353rd SOG April 23.During their tour they visited the Battle of Okinawa historical display at Camp Kinser, the Naval

  • Kadena Airmen awarded medals for courage

    Staff Sgts. Abraham Forehand, a combat controller with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, and Aaron Sanders, a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist with the 31st Rescue Squadron, were awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal by Brig. Gen. Ken Wilsbach, the 18th Wing commander, during

  • Kadena’s Air Commandos, aircraft return from historic deployment

    An MC-130P Combat Shadow and 17 members of the 353rd Special Operations Group were greeted by friends and family as they returned here late April 25 after supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. In total, 21 members of 353rd Maintenance Squadron and 17th Special Operations Squadron and an

  • Heraldry's return honors proud lineage, famous artist

    Nearly 43 years to the day after creation, Air Force officials approved the 353rd Special Operations Group's request to reinstate its original emblem. Cartoonist Milton Caniff designed the original emblem specifically for the 553rd Reconnaissance Wing, a unit the 353rd SOG traces its lineage to, and

  • Combat controller awarded three medals for heroism

    A combat controller assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron was presented three medals he earned while supporting operations in Afghanistan during a ceremony here April 16.Staff Sgt. Jeremy King, who was a senior airman during the deployment, was presented with the Bronze Star, Purple Heart

  • SOG, Team Kadena Airmen mourn loss of officer

    More than 550 353rd Special Operations Group and Team Kadena Airmen filled Chapel Three and its annex to remember and mourn the loss of 2nd Lt. Stephen Smith at his memorial service here April 15.The 28-year-old lieutenant, a maintenance officer with the 353rd Maintenance Squadron, was found dead

  • Memorial service set for Kadena Airman

    A memorial service in honor of 2nd Lt. Stephen Smith is scheduled for 3 p.m. April 15 at Chapel Three here."Our group is heavyhearted over the tragic loss of our fellow Air Commando, Lt "Smitty" Smith of our maintenance squadron," said Col. Robert Toth, 353rd Special Operations Group commander.

  • SOG supports US, ROK friendship drop

    Aircrews from the 17th Special Operations Squadron supported combined airdrops between the U.S. and Republic of Korea armies here April 2. More than 70 U.S. and ROK Army soldiers jumped from two MC-130P Combat Shadows as part of a friendship jump between the two armies.

  • Air commandos hone skills during mass casualty scenario

    Pararescuemen and combat controllers from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron participated in a mass casualty exercise here March 27 during an operational readiness exercise. The Air Commandos responded to a simulated helicopter crash with 20 casualties. After stabilizing the wounded members, the