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Training Ground in the Southwest Shapes Air Force Special Ops
The article describes Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico as a premier training hub for special operations forces. It notes the base’s role in preparing crews for missions in Afghanistan, with aircraft like the MC-130 Combat Talon and MH-53 helicopters. Col. Roderick Reay and Col. Michael Byers praise the high-altitude terrain for rigorous assault and rescue training, producing graduates ready for rapid deployment to Kosovo and beyond. The 58th Special Operations Wing employs about 250 instructors teaching 2,000 students annually across maintenance, gunnery, piloting, navigation and rescue.
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Kirtland Air Force Base
New Mexico
Air Force
Pentagon
Afghanistan
Anthony Cordesman
Washington, D.C
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Albuquerque
Air Force Special Operations
Southwest
Roderick Reay
Kirtland
Air Force Base
Michael Byers
58Th
Army
Reay
Arizona
Colorado
Byers
West Texas
Kosovo
Mike Byers
58Th Special Operations Wing