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  • High-octane refueler: 193rd SOW Airman tries out for specialized FARP team

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Racing against the clock, a fuels specialist with the 193rd Special Operations Wing hauls a 100-foot fuel hose across the flightline, striving to earn a position on a Forward Arming and Refueling Point team, a physically and technically demanding role essential to special

  • Sept. 11 formation flight remembers the lost, enhances readiness

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – A formation of multiple MC-130J Commando II aircraft from the 193rd Special Operations Wing flew over Central Pennsylvania Sept. 11, 2025, for a dual mission: to complete required training and honor the lives lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on America.  Operation Never

  • AFSOC Commander visits the 193rd SOW

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, greets 193rd Special Operations Wing Airmen at Middletown, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6, 2024. Conley visited the 193rd SOW to learn more about the unit’s role in support of both the active duty and Air National Guard

  • New mission brings parachute rigging back to the wing

    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. As part of the

  • 193rd SOW welcomes new commanders

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brian Jones (right), the 193rd Special Operations Support Squadron commander accepts command from Lt. Col. Dereck Rogers,193rd Special Operations Group commander, during a change of command ceremony March 7, 2020 in Middletown, Pennsylvania. The ceremony began with

  • 271st CBCS supplies tactical comm to Northern Strike

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — The 271st Combat Communications Squadron served as the primary communications provider during the joint-multinational exercise, Northern Strike July 22 to August 3 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Center in Michigan.