U.S. Air Force Capt. Hopkins, 351st Special Warfare Training Squadron, Instructor Flight commander and Chief Combat Rescue Officer (CRO) instructor, conducts a military free fall equipment jump from a DHC-4 Caribou aircraft in Coolidge, Arizona, July 17, 2021.

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The Special Warfare Training Wing hosts the grand opening of the Maltz Special Warfare Aquatic Training Center at Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland-Chapman Training Annex, Apr. 2, 2024.

The 21st Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. David Goldfein (ret.), gives remarks at the grand opening of the Maltz Special Warfare Aquatic Training Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Chapman Training Annex, Apr. 2, 2024. The Maltz Special Warfare Aquatic Training Center is 76,000 square feet, consisting of two enclosed, climate-controlled indoor swimming pools of varying depths geared to meet the training needs for the Air Force’s global combat operations.
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The Special Warfare Training Wing hosts the grand opening of the Maltz Special Warfare Aquatic Training Center at Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland-Chapman Training Annex, Apr. 2, 2024.

Airmen from the Special Warfare Training Wing present the colors at the grand opening of the Maltz Special Warfare Aquatic Training Center on Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland-Chapman Training Annex, Apr. 2, 2024. The Maltz Special Warfare Aquatic Training Center is 76,000 square feet, consisting of two enclosed, climate-controlled indoor swimming pools of varying depths geared to meet the training needs for the Air Force’s global combat operations
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Special Warfare Candidates Run Obstacle Course

Candidates compete in an early morning obstacle course during the Special Warfare Training Wing Assessment & Selection Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on March 15, 2023. The Special Warfare Training Wing prepares candidates physically, mentally, emotionally and cognitively for demanding careers as special warfare operators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Miriam Thurber)
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Special Warfare Candidates Run Obstacle Course

Candidates compete in an early morning obstacle course during the Special Warfare Training Wing Assessment & Selection Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on March 15, 2023. The Special Warfare Training Wing prepares candidates physically, mentally, emotionally and cognitively for demanding careers as special warfare operators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Miriam Thurber)
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Special Warfare Candidates Run Obstacle Course

As teams, candidates maneuver an obstacle course during the Special Warfare Training Wing Assessment & Selection Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on March 14, 2023. The Special Warfare Training Wing prepares candidates physically, mentally, emotionally and cognitively for demanding careers as special warfare operators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Miriam Thurber)
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Special Warfare Candidates Run Obstacle Course

As teams, candidates maneuver an obstacle course during the Special Warfare Training Wing Assessment & Selection Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on March 14, 2023. The Special Warfare Training Wing prepares candidates physically, mentally, emotionally and cognitively for demanding careers as special warfare operators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Miriam Thurber)
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Cadets/Staff

The second week of Special Warfare Orientation Course full mission profiles include U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force rotary wing helicopters. Here, cadets infiltrate and exfiltrate via CH-47 Chinooks and UH-1 “Huey” Iroquois, making this U.S. Air Force Academy summer program and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps development training a joint team effort. The information and exposure during SWOC will help cadets prepare physically and mentally prior to attending a selection for Special Warfare, called Phase II.
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Access Practical

The second week of Special Warfare Orientation Course introduces cadets to the three Air Force Special Warfare missions of Global Access, Precision Strike and Personnel Recovery. Here, cadets learn how to utilize the equipment necessary for global access to secure, survey, establish and control the airfield. The information and exposure during SWOC will help cadets prepare physically and mentally prior to attending a selection for Special Warfare, called Phase II.
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Small Unit

The first week of SWOC provides foundational academic information to prepare cadets to conduct full mission profiles of the Global Access, Precision Strike, and Personnel Recovery missions in week 2. Here, cadets receive classes in AFSPECWAR history and application process, interviews, tactical combat casualty care, small unit tactics, land navigation, troop leading procedures, the eight special warfare attributes: Human Performance, Decision Making, Resiliency, Radio Communications, and Real-World Mission Review. The information and exposure during SWOC will help cadets prepare physically and mentally prior to attending a selection for Special Warfare, called Phase II.
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UH-1 seats

During the second week of Special Warfare Orientation Course, full mission profiles include U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force rotary wing helicopters. Here, cadets infiltrate and exfiltrate via CH-47 Chinooks and UH-1 “Huey” Iroquois, making this U.S. Air Force Academy summer program and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps development training a joint team effort. The information and exposure during SWOC will help cadets prepare physically and mentally prior to attending a selection for Special Warfare, called Phase II.
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Recovery IP

The second week of Special Warfare Orientation Course introduces cadets to the three Air Force Special Warfare missions of Global Access, Precision Strike, and Personnel Recovery. Here, cadets learn how to perform the personnel recovery mission by securing the objective area, authenticating the isolated personnel, assess and treating the patients, and consolidating at a casualty collection point. The information and exposure during SWOC will help cadets prepare physically and mentally prior to attending a selection for Special Warfare, called Phase II.
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Strike CAS

The second week of Special Warfare Orientation Course introduces cadets to the three Air Force Special Warfare missions of Global Access, Precision Strike, and Personnel Recovery. Here, cadets learn how to perform the precision strike mission by securing an area, developing a plan, and communicating target area description via a Close Air Support 9-line briefing to an attack aircraft. The information and exposure during SWOC will help cadets prepare physically and mentally prior to attending a selection for Special Warfare, called Phase II
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Human Performance Professionals

Leadership from 2AF experience human performance technology used with Special Warfare Training Wing trainees.
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Air Force Combat Dive

Students in the Air Force Combat Dive Course complete sunrise PT on the beach in Panama City Beach, Florida, on April 7, 2023. The Air Force Combat Dive Course prepares future special warfare operators to conduct underwater tactical diving for insertion, extraction and maritime rescue and recovery missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Miriam Thurber)
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U.S. Air Force Airmen participate in the memorial pushups during the Joint Base San Antonio Annex renaming ceremony, March 4, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas. Joint Base San Antonio-Annex, home of Special Warfare training, is renamed JBSA-Chapman Training Annex in honor of the service, heroism, and ultimate sacrifice of Master Sgt. John A. Chapman. Chapman was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his action in Takur Ghar, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarayuth Pinthong)
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Assessment and Selection

Special warfare candidates form up to receive instruction between swim tactics and team building exercises during the Special Warfare Training Wing Assessment & Selection Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on March 14, 2023. Trainees in every course in the pipeline are provided hostic support to prepare each candidate physically, mentally, emotionally and cognitively for demanding careers as special warfare operators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Gangemi)
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Special Warfare Operator Berets

Special Reconnaissance Combat Control Pararescue TACP
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Boy Scouts in Special Warfare

Thirteen Boy Scouts and thier troop leaders listen to radio traffic during a tour of Tactical Air Control Party Apprentice Course training classrooms March 15, 2023 on Chapman Training Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. Special Warfare active-duty cadre provided a full-day of demonstrations covering physical training, radio and close air support tactics, combative techniques, search and rescue field equipment, and rappelling , to the 7th-12th grade boys from Witchita, Kansas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Gangemi)
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Boy Scouts in Special Warfare

Airmen in the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Apprentice Course show Boy Scouts from Wichita, Kansas, how to don personal protective equipment during a physical training session, March 15, 2023 on Chapman Training Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. Special Warfare active-duty cadre provided a full-day of demonstrations covering physical training, radio and close air support tactics, combative techniques, search and rescue field equipment, and rappelling, to the 7th-12th grade boys and thier troop leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Gangemi)
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Boy Scouts in Special Warfare

Airmen in the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Apprentice Course assist thirteen Boy Scouts from Wichita, Kansas, in weight bearing sit-up exercises, March 15, 2023 on Chapman Training Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. Special Warfare Airmen provided a full-day of demonstrations covering physical training, radio and close air support tactics, combative techniques, search and rescue field equipment and rappelling, to the 7th-12th grade boys and their troop leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Gangemi)
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