FACT SHEET 1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs Office
344 Tully Street Hurlburt Field FL 32544
Voice: DSN 579-7190 (850) 884-7190 Fax: DSN 579-4354 (850) 884-4354
Hurlburt Field is home of the 1st Special Operations Wing, a part of Air Force Special Operations Command. The mission of the wing is to organize, train and equip Air Force special operations forces for global employment and to assist foreign countries in the establishment of internal air defense abilities. The wing focuses on unconventional warfare including counterinsurgency and psychological operations during low-intensity conflicts.
People 20,000+ Active Duty Personnel: 8,751 People 20,119 Approximate population breakdown Military Members Living on base* Living off base
1,382 7,369
Family Member Living on base* Living off base
762 8,498
**Civilian Employees: 1,813 † Includes civil service and non-appropriated fund employees.
Major Partner Units -
505th Command and Control Wing 24th Special Operations Wing 25th Intelligence Squadron 39th Information Operations Squadron Joint Special Operations University 823rd RED HORSE Squadron FlyingOperations Units Training Center Air Force Special
Flying Units Unit Type aircraft 4th SOS AC-130U Spooky Gunship 8th SOS CV-22 Osprey 9th SOS* MC-130P Combat Shadow 15th SOS MC-130H Combat Talon II 319th SOS PC-12 / U-28A 34th SOS PC-12 / U-28A * Located at Eglin AFB
Dollars and Cents Military Civilian Total
Salaries Dollars and Cents
$ 846.9million $ 142.4 million $ 989.3 million
Expenses The following contracts were awarded in the areas listed below at the expense of Hurlburt Field: Supplies, Equipment and Non-Facility Contracts 68.8 million Training and Tuition Assistance 1.75 million Government Purchase Card Expenditures 29.6 million Real Property 44.5 million Utilities $798.8 thousand Total 145.5 million Contracts Awarded by Location Okaloosa County $142.6 million Santa Rosa County $845.7 thousand Escambia County $651.9 thousand Other Florida $560.8 thousand Other US $16.4 million Total $161 million
Facilities 585 buildings of 5.22 million square feet 1,120 dormitory rooms 380 on-base housing units 202 bed spaces DV/VOQ/VAO 24 transient lodging facilities 50 Famcamp RV spaces 10 Famcamp tent spaces
Acreage: 6,634
*Note: Numbers reflect 1 SOW assets only (Current as of February 2013)
