Ep10 | Ricky Herrera CCT 24th STS Special Tactics Squadron Tier 1 Unit

The24th Special Tactics Squadronis one of theSpecial Tactics unitsof theUnited States Air Force Special Operations Command(AFSOC). Garrisoned atPope Field, North Carolina, it is the U.S. Air Force component ofJoint Special Operations Command (JSOC).The unit's webpage describes it as "the Air Force's special operations ground force".

As the Air Force'sTier 1 unit, the 24th STS provides special operations airmen to theJoint Special Operations Command, includingPararescuemen,Combat Controllers,Special Reconnaissance, andTactical Air Control Partypersonnel. 24th STS members are also trained to conduct classified and clandestine operations such asdirect action,counter-terrorism,counter-insurgency,hostage rescue, andspecial reconnaissance. 24th STS members conduct some missions on their own, but are mostly known as enablers to the Army's1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta(a.k.a. Delta Force) and the Navy's Special Warfare Development Group, orDEVGRU (a.k.a. SEAL Team.

The Special Tactics Squadron is the oldest of the U.S. military's special forces groups, dating to World War II, before the U.S. military adopted a widespread special operations doctrine.