The Hurlburt Field, Fla.-based Air Force Special Operations Command is taking a closer look at how it trains airmen to join each of its career fields, as the service’s elite corps prepares for a new era in combat.
The wide-ranging review, led by AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, will prompt changes to the initial qualification and advanced training phases that airmen move through on their way to their first operational units, command spokesperson Lt. Col. Becky Heyse wrote in an Aug. 11 e-mail.
It’s a move the organization forward bid after decades at war in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. It revamps Spec Ops for a faster-paced, more collaborative way of doing business, particularly as the AF pivots toward competing with China rather than warding off terror groups.
With the U.S. withdrawing from its combat in Iraq and Syria, officials see the lull in operations as an opportunity to ensure that airmen have training that is relevant to the combat environments they’ll see in the future. (AF Times 08/14/23) Air Force considers training changes across all special ops jobs (airforcetimes.com)
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