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  • Airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing participate in a Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST) demonstration in Middletown, Pa., Jan. 10, 2025. The 193rd SOW Special Ops Surgical Team Demonstrates Capabilities
    193rd SOW Special Ops Surgical Team Demonstrates Capabilities

    Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols
  • Airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing participate in a Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST) demonstration in Middletown, Pa., Jan. 10, 2025. The 193rd SOW Special Ops Surgical Team Demonstrates Capabilities
    193rd SOW Special Ops Surgical Team Demonstrates Capabilities

    Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols
  • Airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing participate in a Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST) demonstration in Middletown, Pa., Jan. 10, 2025. The 193rd SOW Special Ops Surgical Team Demonstrates Capabilities
    193rd SOW Special Ops Surgical Team Demonstrates Capabilities

    Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols
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    Tech. Sgt. Joseph A. Pagan Jr
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    Tech. Sgt. Joseph A. Pagan Jr
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    Tech. Sgt. Joseph A. Pagan Jr
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    Tech. Sgt. Joseph A. Pagan Jr
  • Military members in a meeting 241206-Z-HD174-1016
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    Tech. Sgt. Joseph A. Pagan Jr
  • Col. Steven Fulfer speaks after assuming command of the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group in Middletown, Pa., Dec. 7, 2024. Col. Steven Fulfer assumes command of 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group
    Col. Steven Fulfer assumes command of 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group

    Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols
  • Col. Steven Fulfer (right) stands at attention after receiving the guidon from Col. Robert Noren (left), 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, during an assumption of command ceremony for the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group in Middletown, Pa., Dec. 7, 2024. Col. Steven Fulfer assumes command of 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group
    Col. Steven Fulfer assumes command of 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group

    Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols
  • Col. Robert Noren, 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, speaks during an assumption of command ceremony for the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group held on Dec. 7, 2024, in Middletown, Pa. Col. Steven Fulfer assumes command of 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group
    Col. Steven Fulfer assumes command of 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group

    Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols
  • Col. Robert Noren, 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, speaks during an assumption of command ceremony for the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group held on Dec. 7, 2024, in Middletown, Pa. Col. Steven Fulfer assumes command of 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group
    Col. Steven Fulfer assumes command of 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group

    Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols

WING NEWS

  • Airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing participate in a Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST) demonstration in Middletown, Pa., Jan. 10, 2025. The

    193rd SOW Special Ops Surgical Team Demonstrates Capabilities
  • Col. Robert S. Noren, assumes command of the 193rd Special Operations Wing during a ceremony, Dec. 6, 2024 in Middletown, Pa.

    Noren assumes command of the wing
  • Military members in a meeting

    AFSOC Commander visits the 193rd SOW
  • Col. Steven Fulfer (right) receives the guidon from Col. Robert Noren, 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, during an assumption of command ceremony for the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group in Middletown, Pa., Dec. 7, 2024.

    Col. Steven Fulfer assumes command of 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group
  • Nearly 250 attendees, including current and former members of the 193rd Air Operations Group, families and distinguished guests, gathered for the unit's 75th anniversary dining out at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College, Pa., Nov. 16, 2024.

    From garage start up to diamond anniversary: 193rd Air Operations Group celebrates 75 years
  • A 193rd Special Operations Wing Airman dons protective gear during chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) training at Middletown, Pennsylvania, Nov. 3, 2024.

    193rd SOW conducts CBRNE training
  • Senior Airman Zach Soles, a cyber transport specialist with the 193rd Special Operations Communications Squadron, runs a fiber optic cable to a communications closet at Middletown, Pennsylvania, Nov. 2, 2024.

    Comm Squadron runs new fiber
  • Members of the Air Force participating in field training.

    148th ASOS conducts field training
  • Under the supervision of qualified riggers, Airmen in the air transportation specialist career field from the 193rd Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron take part in rigging parachutes for training airdrops using the wing’s new MC-130J Commando II aircraft, Nov. 2, 2024.

    New mission brings parachute rigging back to the wing
  • The 193rd Special Operations Wing's Family Readiness team hosted a trunk-or-treat decorating contest for all units on base at Middletown, Oct. 31, 2024.

    Halloween at the 193rd

FEATURE STORIES

  • 93rd Special Operations Security Forces Airmen instruct 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group Airmen in the principals of shoot, move, communicate tactics Aug. 8, 2024 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

    Shoot, Move Communicate
  • An Airman assigned to the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment section performs an annual periodic inspection on an air compressor Aug. 7, 2024 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

    Aerospace Ground Equipment annual periodic inspection
  • EC-130J and KC-135 aircrews and ground support from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 171st Air Refueling Wing and 193rd Special Operations Wing kept busy with hot ground refuelings/defuelings and hot crew swaps as part of Exercise Iron Keystone 2024 missions bringing them to Fort Drum, N.Y

    Pa. Air National Guard wings enhance ops through Iron Keystone exercise
  • Airmen from the 271st Combat Communications Squadron participate in the leadership reaction course at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, May 21, 2023.

    271st CBCS participate in Leadership Reaction Course
  • German Air Force Capt. Tim Fasel met with 193rd Special Operations Wing leadership and observed an aircraft takeoff June 14, 2023 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

    German exchange officer builds relationship in Pennsylvania National Guard

AROUND THE ANG

  • Tim Gribble poses for a portrait wearing a red and blue tank top with the U.S. Air Force logo while holding two trophies.

    Air National Guard Athlete of Year overcomes injury to compete on world stage
  • Chief Master Sgt. Brandy Thanos, Master Sgt. Bjorn Nielson, Tech Sgt. James Gilchrest, and Staff Sgt. Steven Laszloffy of the Alaska Air National Guard pose for a photo with their cyber defense counterparts in Mongolia while discussing cyber defense training and information exchange opportunities. The Alaska National Guard and Mongolia are State Partnership Program partners.

    Alaska Guard, Mongolia Conduct Cybersecurity Exchange
  • New Jersey National Guard members participate in a simulated training event during a Joint Staff training course conducted by North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command at the NJNG Joint Operations Center in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Jan. 12​​, 2025. The Joint Staff training course ​focused on the readiness of Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen to support emergency management in New Jersey and beyond.

    New Jersey Guard Hosts U.S. Northern Command Joint Staff Training
  • Master Sgt. Alan Franklin, a commander's support Airman with the 146th Airlift Wing, speaks to 1st Lt. Aiden Flores about the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System mission on the flightline at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, Jan. 13, 2025. MAFFS aircraft from the Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing, Cheyenne, Wyoming, the 152nd Airlift Wing, Reno, Nevada, the 146th Airlift Wing, Port Hueneme, California, and Air Force Reserve Command’s 302 AW, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, are working together to combat fires in the Los Angeles area.

    California Guard Airman Helps Battle Wildfires in His Community
  • Senior Airmen Emma Oehler, 185th Air Refueling Wing medical technician, waits to depart the Sioux City, Iowa, airport with Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing Medical Group Jan. 15, 2025. Iowa Air Guard medical technicians are flying to Washington to provide medical support for National Guard members in the capital region as part of the 60th Presidential Inauguration.

    National Guard to Support Presidential Inauguration

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