In recent days, I have written articles for The National Interest on several of the U.S. Armed Forces’ Special Operations ...

Future Air Force Combat Controllers may soon be skipping a major portion of their traditional training pipeline, forgoing the chance to earn a combat diver “scuba bubble.” Air Force Special Operations ...

‘I woke up one morning, started typing a mission statement, and First There was born. Really it was out of necessity because I didn’t want my friend to kill himself.’ By David Roza Published Nov 2, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Air Force Combat Controllers have been ...

The Air Force is dropping large portions of the previous administration's "reoptimization" plan, but keeping other aspects ...

SAN ANTONIO -- An Air Force combat controller credited with protecting a 100-man special operations unit with precision airstrikes during an intense Afghanistan firefight received a Silver Star on ...

Former Marine Adam Driver will reportedly play Air Force combat controller John Chapman in a movie about the battle on an Afghanistan mountain that earned the airman the Medal of Honor. Marine veteran ...

The US Air Force has begun retiring the A-10, an aircraft famed for its role in close air support. The service plans to reduce Tactical Air Control Party airmen, who call in airstrikes. The moves ...

An Air Force squadron commander who led a history-making deployment to the Middle East was presented with the military’s ...