U.S. Air Force creates Special Warfare programs for ROTC, USAFA cadets

Air Force Special Warfare created a formalized special warfare cadet program to help Air Force ROTC and U.S. Air Force Academy cadets prepare to be special tactics, combat rescue, or tactical air control party officers.

This program was developed in response to cadets arriving at selections for special warfare, the only specialties requiring a pre-commissioning screener, without access to proper procedures to practice many of the graded events, according to Col. John Graver, individual mobilization augmentee to the director of Air Force Special Warfare.

Cadets practice infiltration into an objective area from an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion during the Special Warfare Orientation Course at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., June 28, 2022. In addition to Fort Carson helicopter support, UH-1 Iroquois from the 54th Helicopter Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., and T-53 airplane trainers from the 306th Flying Training Group at the U.S. Air Force Academy supported the training program. (U.S. Air Force Academy courtesy photo) — Cadets practice infiltration into an objective area from an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion during the Special Warfare Orientation Course at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 28, 2022. In addition to Fort Carson helicopter support, UH-1 Iroquois from the 54th Helicopter Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., and T-53 airplane trainers from the 306th Flying Training Group at the U.S. Air Force Academy supported the training program. (U.S. Air Force Academy courtesy photo)

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