The 21st Special Tactics Squadron is one of the special tactics units of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command. It is garrisoned at Pope Field, North Carolina. [3] Special Tactics Squadrons are organized, trained and equipped specifically for various special operations missions facilitating air operations on the battlefield.

This is a list of United States Air Force special tactics squadrons. It covers special operations forces units assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command in the United States Air Force.

Redesignated as 21 Special Tactics Squadron, and activated, on 1 May 1996. Assignments. Twenty-First Air Force, 1 Jul 1984; 1725 Combat Control Group, 1 Mar 1991; 624 Airlift Support Group, 1 Jun 1992-1 Oct 1993.

The 21st STS is one of several units under the 24th Special Operations Wing, which is at Hurlburt Field in Florida. The primary mission of the 24 SOW is to provide Special Tactics forces for rapid global employment to enable airpower success.

Jul 3, 2017 · Airmen of the 21st STS joined leaders of their parent unit — the 720th Special Tactics Group at Hurlburt Field, Florida — and other Air Force leaders from Pope Field to welcome Harvey, who comes to Pope as a recent graduate of the Air University Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.

Jul 29, 2020 · A Bronze Star Medal is presented to an Air Force Special Tactics operator from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron assigned to Pope Field, North Carolina. The squadron held a ceremony July 24, 2020 to watch the presentation of over 90 awards for the squadron’s most recent deployment in 2019, battling six extremist organizations across three ...

May 7, 2011 · The 21st Special Tactics Squadron deployed in early 2000 to Ali Al SaLem, Kuwait, to support Aerospace Expeditionary Forces 5 and 6 and Operations Northern and Southern Watch.

Special Tactics Airmen with the 21st Special Tactics Squadron prepare to infiltrate a compound at Fort Bliss, Texas, June 24, 2018. Special Tactics teams can access man-made and naturally contested, degraded and operationally-challenged environments, enabling options for assault and power projection of U.S. and allied partner forces.

21st Special Tactics Squadron is organized, trained and equipped specifically for various special operations missions facilitating air operations on the battlefield. They conduct combat search

Apr 10, 2017 · Tech. Sgt. Brian Claughsey, a combat controller assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, was awarded the nation’s third highest valor medal for his role in liberating Kunduz City, Afghanistan, from the Taliban over four days, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, while assigned to a joint special operations team.