In recent days, I have written articles for The National Interest on several of the U.S. Armed Forces’ Special Operations ...

Future Air Force Combat Controllers may soon be skipping a major portion of their traditional training pipeline, forgoing the chance to earn a combat diver “scuba bubble.” Air Force Special Operations ...

You never know who you might end up sitting next to in class one day. For example, biology students at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill between 2017 and 2019 may not have known that the ...

SAN ANTONIO -- An Air Force combat controller credited with protecting a 100-man special operations unit with precision airstrikes during an intense Afghanistan firefight received a Silver Star on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Air Force Combat Controllers have been ...

The US Air Force has begun retiring the A-10, an aircraft famed for its role in close air support. The service plans to reduce Tactical Air Control Party airmen, who call in airstrikes. The moves ...

This one-of-a-kind tribute event unites the community in support of the Combat Control Foundation (CCF), combining world-class experiences—Military personnel Conduct HALO insertion, execute a ...

The Air Force is sorting through details of how a fleet of low-cost, autonomous drones might fly alongside piloted fighters in future conflicts.. (U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The Air Force is ...