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Air Force senior leaders chart course for future force
June 30, 2026 — More than 60 Air Force senior leaders gathered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for the semiannual Corona summit, a strategic planning forum focused on policy development, force readiness and future force initiatives...

Tactical Air Control Party Airmen train at JBSA-Camp Bullis
April 15, 2026 — U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party Airman with Det. 2, 6th Combat Training Squadron, practiced target shooting with the M4 during small arms training at Joint San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, on April 8, 2026...

Special Warfare Training Wing Airman wins Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award
May 2, 2024 — U.S. Air Force Capt. Marc Esposito, 350th Special Warfare Training Squadron flight commander, was presented with the Lance P. Sijan Award at the Pentagon on April 8, 2024...

Special Warfare Training Wing unveils Maltz Special Warfare Aquatic Training Center
April 8, 2024 — The Special Warfare Training Wing hosted the grand opening of the Maltz Special Warfare Aquatic Training Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, on April 2, 2024...

Special Warfare Training Wing: Five years of advancing ground combat forces training
October 19, 2023 — Five years ago, the U.S. Air Force took a significant leap forward in combat preparedness by establishing the Special Warfare Training Wing, or SWTW, an evolution that addressed decades of training shortfalls and operational demands...

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...

Special Warfare Training Wing hosts Lightning Challenge 2022
November 8, 2022 — The Special Warfare Training Wing hosted Lightning Challenge 2022, an annual, service-level tactical air control party competition to identify the best TACP Airmen in the AF Nov. 3-4, 2022 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis...

Special Warfare Training Wing welcomes new commander
July 12, 2022 — Col. Nathan Colunga assumed command of the Special Warfare Training Wing during a change of command ceremony at the Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex July 11...

Second Air Force Commander partakes in TACP training
November 8, 2021 — U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michele Edmondson visited the 353rd Special Warfare Training Squadron to observe Tactical Air Control Party student training, and toured facilities at Joint Base San...

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...

TACPs recognize Military Child of the Year
April 6, 2021 — Nyah Gray was recently named Operation Homefront's 2021 Military Child of the Year® for the Air Force. Gray was honored by the 353rd Training Squadron, Special Warfare Training Wing, during an Air Force Tactical Air Control Party, or TACP, final formation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex April 2. ...

Special Warfare TACP training incorporates VR tools
September 21, 2020 — The Air Force Special Warfare Training Wing has incorporated virtual reality software to aid in Joint Terminal Attack Controller training for Tactical Air Control Party enlisted and officer candidates at Joint Base San Antonio...

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...

Tactical Air Control Party Formal Training Unit activates
October 18, 2019 — The Tactical Air Control Party Formal Training Unit officially activated during a ceremony at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland's Medina Annex Oct. 17...

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...

Tactical Air Control Party memorial honors fallen Airmen
July 6, 2017 — The Tactical Air Control Party Memorial, located outside the 353rd Battlefield Airmen Training Squadron, was rededicated during a ceremony June 23 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Medina Annex...

Tactical Air Control Party memorial honors fallen Airmen
June 30, 2017 — The Tactical Air Control Party Memorial outside the 353rd Battlefield Airmen Training Squadron at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Medina Annex was rededicated during a ceremony June 23, 2017. The ceremony was held to pay special tribute to those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice as TACP Airmen, whose mission is to defeat the enemy through the use of airpower while protecting our ground forces and non-combatants from friendly air to ground attacks, and those who served in their direct support...