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The 18th Special Operations Test and Evaluation Squadron (18 SOTES) is an active unit of the United States Air Force, based at Hurlburt Field, Florida.The squadron performs field testing for Air Force Special Operations Command, evaluating aircraft, equipment, and tactics in realistic battlespace environments to provide decision-makers with accurate, timely, and complete assessments of mission ...
The Transformers 3 movie, in production in September 2010, and featuring the CV-22 Osprey and AC-130U Spooky, was filmed in part at Hurlburt Field. [38] A number of Hurlburt Airmen were used as extras in the film. The NBA Miami Heat ran a week-long preseason training camp at the Aderholt Fitness Center on Hurlburt Field on September 28, 2010. [39]
The 413th Flight Test Squadron is part of the 96th Test Wing and is based at Hurlburt Field, Florida.It performs flight testing on aircraft used by special operations forces, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules (including AC-130, HC-130 and MC-130), Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey, Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low, Bell UH-1 Huey, and Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk aircraft.
Hurlburt Field: MQ-9 Reaper: 1 March 2009 [1] 3d Special Operations Squadron: Cannon AFB "Dragons" MQ-9 Reaper [2] 4th Special Operations Squadron: Hurlburt Field "Ghost Riders" AC-130U Spooky [3] 5th Special Operations Squadron: Hurlburt Field: U-28A [4] 6th Special Operations Squadron: Hurlburt Field: UH-1H, UH-1N, Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-17 [5] 7th ...
Hurlburt Field, Florida, U.S. Lt Gen Michael E. Conley: Provide Air Force component units for United States Special Operations Command: Air Mobility Command (AMC) Scott AFB, Illinois, U.S. Gen John D. Lamontagne: Provide global air mobility through airlift and aerial refueling for all of the United States Armed Forces.
After over three decades with Hurlburt Field as its home station, the squadron relocated to Cannon Air Force Base in 2009. On 27 May 2015, AFSOC retired the final AC-130H Spectre Gunship in service, tail number #69-6569 "Excalibur". [6] The squadron converted to AC-130W Stinger IIs (previously designated MC-130W) during 2015. [7]
The Special Operations Air Warfare Center was originally formed at Hurlburt Field in 1962 to train and deploy some of the first special operations airmen, known as Air Commandos, in irregular warfare. The first graduates eventually took on advisory and combat roles assisting the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The ...
The squadron was reconstituted and redesignated as the 23rd Weather Squadron on 3 June 2009, and activated a month later with the Twenty-Third Air Force at Hurlburt Field. [1] The 23rd was created to address the increasing Special Forces demands for weather forecasting.