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Tactical Air Control Party airmen are an elite cadre who specialize in calling in airstrikes, and the US Air Force is looking to shrink their ranks.

The Secret War in Laos was a covert war between the west and Communism in a neutral country. The Raven FACs were born out of this secrecy.

Col. Jocelyn Schermerhorn, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, was honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Col. Jocelyn Schermerhorn, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, was honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Airman 1st Class Ethan Lilleberg Ethan Lilleberg, an Air Traffic Controller apprentice of the 27th Special Operations Support Squadron, died in a car crash in Pensacola, Florida on March 3.

Airman 1st Class Ethan Lilleberg Ethan Lilleberg, an Air Traffic Controller apprentice of the 27th Special Operations Support Squadron, died in a car crash in Pensacola, Florida on March 3.

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When it comes to nighttime close air support, there is probably no better friend to American special operators, and no worse foe to their enemies, than the AC-130 gunship.

To distinguish CAAs and their unique foreign internal defense mission, advisers began wearing brown berets in January 2018.

The US-led special-operations task force that led the way against ISIS is getting a new name as major combat operations against ISIS wind down.