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Special Warfare Training Wing’s Human Performance Support Group welcomes new commander
July 15, 2025 — Col. Philip Flatau assumed command of the Special Warfare Human Performance Support Group, or SWHPSG, during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on July 11, 2025... MORE

The Three Pillars of Irregular Warfare Education
November 15, 2024 — Irregular Warfare education is a holistic, iterative, and lifelong learning process that has a different set of key knowledges as base requirements at certain points in an Army special operations force (ARSOF) Soldier’s career. These key knowledges are represented by three pillars of Irregular Warfare education: institutional training and professional military education, personal self-study, and unit-level experiential learning. The process used to train and educate Soldiers about Irregular Warfare —in many regards—is not unlike other education development and learning models. What is different and unique is how this education is delivered and managed... MORE

Special Warfare Training Wing: Preparing for strategic competition
April 26, 2023 — We consistently talk about the future fight and preparing for strategic competition. This is by design, with the singular purpose of defending our nation against any who would test our resolve. The character of war is constantly changing, yet its fundamental nature remains the same. Special Warfare Airmen and operators must be prepared to face the harsh nature of war and be ready to master its new character... MORE

Coach demonstrates workout with weight over his head in front of group of students in the rain

How one Airman overcame barriers to reach uncommon heights
November 16, 2022 — Christopher Stuebbe's path to Air Force Officer Training School and selection as a Tactical Air Control Party officer involved a setback, a waiver, enlistment, uncommon achievements and football... MORE

An Air Force officer in uniform salutes another Airman.

How the new Special Warfare Branch at AFRS is making a difference
August 17, 2022 — One year into being, the Special Warfare Branch at Air Force Recruiting Service is yielding results by trying new approaches to win talent for an elite set of careers... MORE

Lt. Col. Joseph Lopez and Tech. Sgt. Kevin Dunham, two of seven members of AFRS’s Recruiting Operations Special Warfare branch pose for a photo outside AFRS’s headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Aug. 4, 2022.

How Special Warfare recruiters helped an Airman begin his quest from afar
May 12, 2022 — When a dual citizen living in the Land of the Rising Sun began his more than 6,000-mile journey to Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 1, 2022, it was the latest major step in his quest to become an Air Force Special Warfare Airman... MORE

Airman Tomokazu Lewis stands in formation during his Basic Military Training graduation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 21, 2022.

Air Force Recruiting kicks off Special Warfare summer surge
August 3, 2021 — Air Force Recruiting Service is turning up the heat this summer with a Special Warfare recruiting surge. The idea is to stockpile potential warriors in the developmental pool to have them ready for Basic Military Training by fiscal year 2022... MORE

Special Warfare candidates attend a development session and work on pool skills through the use of flutter kicks in Tampa, Florida.

Certain Special Warfare SNCOs eligible for retention bonus
July 26, 2021 — The Department of the Air Force will offer Selective Retention Bonuses, or SRBs, to a wider population of eligible Special Warfare senior noncommissioned officers, if they agree to continue serving for a minimum of three years... MORE

Air Force Special Warfare showcases human performance technology to Space Force leaders
March 9, 2021 — Members of the Special Warfare Training Wing hosted Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations, and Chief Master Sgt. Roger A. Towberman, Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 3. ... MORE

Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, Space Force Chief of Space Operations, on Mar. 3, 2021 thanks the Special Warfare Human Performance leadership team and experts after a guided tour of their facilities.

Special Warfare career fields update entry requirements
August 4, 2020 — Air Force Special Warfare has refined its rich history of Assessment and Selection for entry into the special tactics and Guardian Angel career fields... MORE

Special Warfare Training Wing trainees conduct dive training July 28, 2019, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Dive training is an integral part of training for many career fields in special warfare.

Air Force changes path of entry for enlisted special warfare operators
February 20, 2020 — To better afford enlisted recruits the time and opportunity to find the path of their greatest calling, the Air Force has created a single path of entry into the special warfare recruiting and initial training pipeline called the Special Warfare Operator Enlistment Vectoring program... MORE

Special warfare trainee patrols in the middle of green smoke

SWTW dedicates fitness facility to fallen special tactics Airman
May 21, 2019 — Special Tactics Airmen, both current and those still in training, gathered to remember and honor a fallen Special Tactics Airman, Senior Airman Bradley Smith, during a dedication ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland April 19... MORE