5th Special Operations Squadron
The 5th Special Operations Squadron is part of the 919th Special Operations Wing. The 5th is based at Hurlburt Field, Florida. It operates U-28 aircraft providing special operations capability.
U-28A as flown by the squadron
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A 5th SOS U-10B over Vietnam, 1969.
919th Special Operations Wing
The 919th Special Operations Wing is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) unit of the United States Air Force. The 919 SOW is assigned to the Tenth Air Force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and is stationed at Duke Field, Florida.
920 RQW MC-130E, AF Ser. No. 64-0559, departs Duke Field on its final flight
AC-130A, AF Ser. No. 55-0029, of the 16 SOS at Ubon RTAFB in May 1974. The following year, this aircraft was transferred to the Air Force Reserve's 711 SOS at Duke Field.
A parachuted bundle soars out of the back of a C-145A Skytruck during an air-drop mission over the Eglin AFB Range.