Special Operations Outlook 2020 Edition

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AFSOC New Strategic Guidance Directs AFSOC’s Future BY SCOTT R. GOURLEY

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators move to clear an objective during exercise Southern Strike 2020, in Fort Morgan, Alabama, Feb. 6, 2020. Southern Strike is a large-scale, joint and international combat exercise, which features counter insurgency, close air support, en-route casualty care, noncombatant evacuation, and maritime special operations.

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U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY MASTER SGT. JASON ROBERTSON

As with other service components within U.S. Special Operations Command, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is embracing a new generation of strategic guidance that will help to transition the command’s unique capabilities to address the new and evolving challenges of the next five to 15 years and beyond.


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