Mission, Airmen, and Meaning Joint doctrine defines “special reconnaissance” as actions conducted in sensitive environments to collect information of strategic importance, usually without capabilities ...

Air Force Special Recon and Marine Recon may share “reconnaissance” in name, but they operate under distinct doctrines, structures, and mission sets. Special Recon falls under U.S. Special ...

The uniforms are designed to honor the Air Commandos and Special Tactics components of the AFSOC, which are the most decorated units in the Air Force since the Vietnam War and have been a part of ...

The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare careers, such as combat control, pararescue, special reconnaissance and the ...

All Air Force special warfare roles — Combat Controllers, pararescuemen, Tactical Air Control Party specialists and Special Reconnaissance, plus the officer-equivalents of each like STOs ...

Air Force will honor the Air Force Special Operations Command with custom jerseys for the 2024 season. The Falcons unveiled the new jerseys on Tuesday ahead of their debut on Oct. 5 against Navy.

An Air National Guard base in Oklahoma will host the first formal training unit for the service's armed recon crop duster plane used for special operations, an announcement that comes as watchdogs ...

Air Force Special Reconnaissance is the newest Air Force Special Warfare career field. Coming from the Air Force Special Operations Weathermen Teams (SOWT), Air Force Special Recon was established ...