Special Recon operators play a pivotal role in Air Force Special Warfare, and are experts in multi-domain reconnaissance. Despite Special Recon’s capabilities and impact on the battlefield, they don’t ...

Want to know the difference between Air Force Special Reconnaissance and Marine Reconnaissance? Special Recon is brand new, whereas Marine Recon has been around since the 1940’s. Both of these ...

An Air National Guard base in Oklahoma will host the first formal training unit for the service's armed recon crop duster plane used for special operations, an announcement that comes as watchdogs ...

A vast majority of Americans know little or nothing at all about the Air Force's special warfare jobs, an issue highlighted in a new think tank study as the service has struggled to recruit for those ...

The Air Force is revamping the training pipeline for its toughest jobs. Beginning in November, the Air Force will add a 16-week tactical field course to the training pipeline of Airmen seeking to join ...

The Air Force’s special operators remain mostly unknown to the American public when compared with their Navy and Army counterparts, worsening an already difficult recruiting environment, according to ...

Preface ; Acknowledgement ; Table of contents ; List of contributors ; Introduction -- Chapter 1. Air Force space reconnaissance before 1960. Early Air Force support ; 1953 : weapon system 117L ...

FIRST ON THE SCENE TO WIN THE FIGHTEvery mission hinges on battlefield awareness. It’s the job of Air Force Special Reconnaissance (SR) to provide it - any place, any time. These Special Warfare ...

There's a lot going on — too much, really — in this photo of Air Force Special Tactics Officer selection training. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Raul Mercado. If your first reaction to this ...

The Air Force’s newest aircraft, a crop-duster style plane modified to perform armed overwatch and intelligence gathering, was delivered last week to Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt ...