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Special Operators would need to conduct pararescue missions behind enemy lines, engage in high-risk forward reconnaissance operations, perform tactical air controller targeting and even conduct direct attack air assault ambushes when needed.
The Air Force Special Operations Community is experiencing a pivot away from years of counterinsurgency back towards providing support to larger joint forces.
The end of the war on terror era doesn't mean special forces have lost their purpose.
The service faces the looming prospect of major power war.
Of particular interest is what the U.S. Air Force Special Operators are doing these days. Here’s What You Need To Remember: Interestingly, much of the skill set Special Operators will need for great-power war does have many similarities to mission envelopes pursued in recent years in Iraq and Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force Special Operators are slightly shifting tactical focus to prepare for major power warfare, raising interesting questions regarding the additional mission scope they will be picking up following fifteen years of counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan. The changing t...