Operation Eager Anvil: Pave Low Leaders
We deployed to Operation Desert Shield in August 1990. At the time, I commanded the 20th Special Operations Squadron, flying …
Maj. Gen. Richard Comer (USAF-Ret)
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AFSOC Year in Review: 2011-2012
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CV-22 Progress Report
On July 2, 1991, this writer, as a lieutenant colonel, briefed then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and National Security Advisor …
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Editor’s Note: Maj. Gen. Rich Comer, who is well known to our readers, wrote the following piece from memory and …
AFSOC Year in Review
Reflecting on his time in Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Headquarters, Lt. Gen. Donald C. Wurster reminisced about one …