24th Wing
The 24th Special Operations Wing (24 SOW) is a United States Air Force active-duty wing activated on 12 June 2012. It's headquarters is stationed at Hurlburt Field, Florida and has component groups located in North Carolina and Washington. It is the third special operations wing in Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).
The 24th SOW is a reactivation of the 24th Wing, previously assigned with the Twelfth Air Force, stationed at Howard Air Force Base, Panama. It was inactivated on 1 November 1999. The inactivation of the 24th Wing and the closure of Howard Air Force Base ended an 82-year United States Air Force presence in Panama, which began with the formation of the 7th Aero Squadron on 29 March 1917.
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