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Handheld laser marker project team targets improvements

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Carlos Vargas, Naval Special Warfare combatant crewman, bore sights an LA-10u/PEQ handheld laser marker during a Handheld Laser Marker Tactics Development and Evaluation project Dec. 10, 2013, at the Nevada Test and Training Range. The handheld laser marker is a small, lightweight device that emits NATO Band I/II compatible coded laser energy to quickly mark and handoff targets for engagement with precision guided munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster)

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Handheld laser marker project team targets improvements

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Young, 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron joint terminal attack controller, sets up equipment during a Handheld Laser Marker Tactics Development and Evaluation project Dec. 11, 2013, at the Nevada Test and Training Range. The objective of the test is to provided data for decision makers to decide whether or not to allow the LA-10u/PEQ handheld laser marker to be used as a laser designator. As a laser designator it will be able to guide munitions to its intended target. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster)

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Handheld laser marker project team targets improvements

An AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missile explodes on a target during a Handheld Laser Marker Tactics Development and Evaluation project Dec. 12, 2013, at the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nev. The LA-10u/PEQ handheld laser marker sends out a pulse repetition frequency code which is synchronized with the munition and guides it to an intended target. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster)

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Handheld laser marker project team targets improvements

David Howard, 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron project manager, monitors video feed from the camera of an A-10 Thunderbolt II from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., during a Handheld Laser Marker Tactics Development and Evaluation project Dec. 10, 2013 on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nev. The evaluation was a week-long event to gather capability data on the LA-10u/PEQ handheld laser marker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster)

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Handheld laser marker project team targets improvements

Ron Spock, 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron assistant project manager, collects data during a Handheld Laser Marker Tactics Development and Evaluation project Dec. 11, 2013, at the Nevada Test and Training Range. The data collected consisted of time of day, the target number, who is shooting, the type of aircraft dropping the munitions, the time the laser trigger was pulled, whether or not the run was successful or not and feedback from the laser shooter. The data will be used to decide whether or not to allow the LA-10u/PEQ handheld laser marker to be used as a laser designator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster)

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Hayde takes command of Hurlburt's C2 wing

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Case Cunningham, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, left, passes the guidon to Col. Ryan Hayde, 505th Command and Control Wing incoming commander, right, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 20, 2023. The 505th CCW is the U.S Air Force’s only wing dedicated to operational-level C2; the wing prepares and enables the joint force to execute war-winning C2 of air power. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shelton Keel)

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Historic career ALO class receives training at Hurlburt

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Air liaison officers Second Lt. Michael Brittner (from left), Capt. Matthew McMurtry and 2nd Lt. Brandon Pinto, talk with Maj. Steven Glendenning, 505th Training Squadron manager of the Joint Air Operations Command and Control Course on Dec. 11. The ALOs are three of 15 in the first class of career ALOs and were attending the JAOC2C as part of their training requirements for the new 13L career field. They graduated Dec. 17. (Air Force photo by Keith Keel)

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Holocaust stories recalled all end with 'Never Again'

U.S. Air Force Col. Mustafa Koprucu, Commander of the 505th Command and Control Wing, presents guest speakers Dr. Lori Ripps, Joseph Callewaert and Herman Snyder with gifts during the Holocaust Remembrance ceremony, Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 5, 2011. The ceremony shed light on the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caitlin O'Neil-McKeown)

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Holocaust stories recalled all end with 'Never Again'

Guest Speakers, Joseph Callewaert and Herman Snyder, listen during the Holocaust remembrance ceremony, Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 5, 2011. The ceremony shed light on the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caitlin O'Neil-McKeown)

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Holocaust stories recalled all end with 'Never Again'

Dr. Lori Ripps, child of Holocaust survivor, speaks during the Holocaust remembrance ceremony, Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 5, 2011. Doctor Ripps is the second child of Leon and Molly Gross, both Holocaust survivors from Poland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caitlin O'Neil-McKeown)

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Holocaust survivors recall horrors of past

Holocaust survivors Dr. Victor Sapio (left) and Herman Snyder answer questions during Hurlburt Field's Annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony May 4. The question and answer session offered a rare glimpse of their very different journeys. The event was hosted by the 505th Command and Control Wing on behalf of the 1st Special Operations Wing. The theme of this year's observance is "Stories of Freedom: What You Do Matters." (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew R. Loken)

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Holocaust survivors recall horrors of past

Holocaust survivors Herman Snyder (foreground) and Dr. Victor Sapio receive flags, flown over our Nation's Capitol from Hurlburt Field Honor Guard Members Senior Airman Ephraim Gill (foreground) and Airman 1st Class Gabriel Pillcurima. Congressman Jeff Miller provided the flags and certificates of appreciation for Hurlburt Field's Annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony May 4. Helen Hunt Rigdon represented the Congressman during the ceremony. The event was hosted by the 505th CCW on behalf of the 1st Special Operations Wing. The theme of this year's observance is "Stories of Freedom: What You Do Matters." (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Matthew R. Loken)

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Holocaust survivors recall horrors of past

Helen Hunt Rigdon, representing Congressman Jeff Miller, and 505th Command and Control Wing Commander Col. Edward McKinzie present certificates of appreciation to Herman Snyder (left) and Dr. Victor Sapio (second from left) for participating in Hurlburt Field's Annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony May 4. The event was hosted by the 505th CCW on behalf of the 1st Special Operations Wing. The theme of this year's observance is "Stories of Freedom: What You Do Matters." (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Matthew R. Loken)

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Honorary commander

HURLBURT FIELD -- Col. Edward McKinzie, 505th Command and Control Wing commander, introduces Tom Rice, the 505th CCW honorary commander, during a staff meeting Nov. 12. Mr. Rice is a U.S. Army veteran and owner of Magnolia Grill in Fort Walton Beach. He will be invited to participate in many of the wing's events in the upcoming year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Keel)

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Hurlburt C2 Test & Evaluation Squadron welcomes new commander

U.S. Air Force Col. Adam Shelton, 505th Test and Training Group commander, left, takes the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron guidon from Lt. Col. Carly Sims, 605th TES outgoing commander, Hurlburt Field Florida, July 28, 2022. The 605th TES conducts operational tests, including cybersecurity assessments, as well as tactics development and evaluation of upgrades to systems. The 605th TES also provides support for developmental testing and various other major command and joint special projects. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shelton Keel)

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Hurlburt C2 Test & Evaluation Squadron welcomes new commander

U.S. Air Force Col. Adam Shelton, 505th Test and Training Group commander, left, gives the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron guidon from Lt. Col. Leslie Woll, 605th TES commander, Hurlburt Field Florida, July 28, 2022. The 605th TES conducts operational tests, including cybersecurity assessments, as well as tactics development and evaluation of upgrades to systems. The 605th TES also provides support for developmental testing and various other major command and joint special projects. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shelton Keel)

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Hurlburt Joint Training and Operations Center Dedication

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Power, 505th Combat Training Squadron commander, center, declares the Joint Training and Operations Center, or JTOC, fully operational capable during the ribbon cutting event at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 10, 2025. The 505th CTS is the premier provider of operational-level training environment and scenario generation through planning and execution in support of worldwide exercises, test, and experimentation, training the U.S. Air Force, joint, and coalition air components in the execution and proper use of command and control of multi-domain operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shelton Keel)

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Hurlburt Joint Training and Operations Center Dedication

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Power, 505th Combat Training Squadron commander, rt, and Milt Waddell, 505th CTS Air Operations Center Replication Cell lead, lft, cut the ribbon on the Joint Training and Operations Center, or JTOC, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 10, 2025. The 505th CTS is the premier provider of operational-level training environment and scenario generation through planning and execution in support of worldwide exercises, test, and experimentation, training the U.S. Air Force, joint, and coalition air components in the execution and proper use of command and control of multi-domain operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shelton Keel)

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Hurlburt provides critical Lead Wing C2 expertise to 366th FW

The 705th Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, provided critical command and control Lead Wing training for the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Apr. 13-14, 2022. The training culminated with a tabletop exercise, or TTX, concentrated on processes within the LW and various interactions between the LW and the air component; Col. Jeffrey Burdette, 366th Maintenance Group commander, and Lt. Col. Brandon Mackay, 366th FW chief of staff, led the A-Staff TTX. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Hurlburt provides critical Lead Wing C2 expertise to 366th FW

The 705th Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, provided critical command and control Lead Wing training for the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Apr. 13-14. The 705th TRS provided C2 academics to the 366th FW Air staff, or A-Staff, introducing ACE, air component organizational design basics, command relationships, conditions-based authorities, Commander’s Critical Information Requirements, purposed LW organizational structures, communication priorities, and other general C2 considerations. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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