Round shaped, brass colored coin, 1-5/8 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • USAF Special Operations Command
  • 1st Special Operations Wing
  • 20th Special Operations Squadron
Location
Coin Location: 10G13
Homebase: Hurlburt Fleld, Florida
Deployment: SWA
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 4 November 2008
Donated by: Col Frank Pettrbur
Copies: 1 of 2
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The 20th Special Operations Squadron was reactivated on 15 January 2010 at Cannon AFB, New Mexico.

The 1st Special Operations Wing (1st SOW) at Hurlburt Field, Florida is one of two United States Air Force active duty Special Operations wings and falls under the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).

The 1st SOW mission focus is unconventional warfare: counter-terrorism, combat search and rescue, personnel recovery, psychological operations, aviation assistance to developing nations, "deep battlefield" resupply, interdiction and close air support. The wing has units located at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.