A U.S. Air Force airman from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron swims to a boat after rescuing a simulated crash victim at Whynnehaven Beach, Florida, April 9, 2013.

The 20th Special Operations Squadron has 16 MH-53 helicopters. Its mission is essentially a shorter-range delivery and retrieval of ground forces in all weather, all terrain and at all times of day.

HURLBURT FIELD - Lt. Col. Travis Hill, 8th Special Operations Squadron commander, received the Office of Strategic Services John Singlaub Award during the William J. Donovan Dinner in Washington ...

One unit, the 8th Special Operations Squadron, was the most-deployed squadron in the entire active-duty Air Force in 2002 and 2003. It flies the MC-130E Combat Talon I, now in its fifth decade of ...

Two CV-22s from the 8th Special Operations Squadron launched out of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan within two hours of being alerted and flew 400-miles straight to the site -- over the 15,000 ...

Air Force CV-22s from Hurlburt Fieldflew over the Green Bay vs Dallas game Sunday.Hurlburt Field is in Okaloosa County just west of Mary Esther, Florida.The 8th Special Operations Squadron at ...

Lt. Col. Matt Glover of Austin, Texas, had led the 8th Special Operations Squadron since May 2011, according to the Hurlburt Field website. The squadron is one of nine operating in the wing.

He lost his life in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field. Thank you for your service and for giving the ultimate sacrifice, Major Randell D. Voas.

Five of the nine aircraft will be assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, and the remaining four already are assigned to the 71st Special Operations Squadron at Kirtland ...

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AP) – An Air Force squadron commander has been relieved following the crash of a tilt-rotor CV-22 Osprey from his unit in the Florida Panhandle.