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May 12, 2026
AFOSI warns drone operators to know rules before flying near DAF bases

Senior leaders from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations are warning drone operators that unauthorized flights near military installations will not be dismissed as harmless mistakes, urging them to check airspace restrictions before takeoff or risk being arrested and prosecuted.
April 30, 2026
Special Agents reinforce readiness following scenario-based training

Special Agents from across the National Capital Region together April 16, where they trained in marksmanship, casualty care and close-quarters scenarios, designed to sharpen their foundational skills across a wide range of assignments.
Feb. 25, 2026
‘Go be awesome,’ Sanguinetti retires following 33-year AFOSI career

Special Agent Drew Sanguinetti, a Natchez, Mississippi, native, retired Feb. 20, 2026, after 33 years of combined military and civilian service with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
Feb. 19, 2026
Inside AFOSI’s response to emerging threats in the homeland

On paper, it was a minor case involving a man accused of taking photographs outside of Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. But inside the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the encounter reflects how potential warning signs are emerging, not overseas, but at home.
Jan. 22, 2026
New director assumes leadership of AFOSI PJ's cybersecurity mission

Before new technology reaches the warfighter, a team within the Air Force Office of Special Investigations evaluates the cyber risks behind new digital systems so they can be trusted to operate securely. That effort is now led by Aaron Bass, who became director of cybersecurity operations for
Jan. 7, 2026
For Special Agent in Sri Lanka, disaster response hits close to home

Special Agent Danitha Amarawardana recognized the names of the places hit hardest by the landslides following Cyclone Ditwah, some of his relatives still live there.
Dec. 31, 2025
Looking back on 2025: Remembering SA Brian McCombs, longtime AFOSI leader

Special Agent Brian E. McCombs, a career investigator whose three decades of service carried him from combat zones in Baghdad to cyber investigations and senior leadership in the Indo-Pacific, passed away July 6 at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan. He was 57.
Dec. 18, 2025
Remembering Hustler 6, ten years later

On December 21, 2015, thirteen members of the AFOSI-led Task Force Crimson were conducting a dismounted patrol near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan when tragedy stuck in what was later described by then-AFOSI Commander Brig. Gen. Keith Givens as, “our command’s darkest day.”
Nov. 17, 2025
Special Agent saves crash victims from roadside blaze

When a vehicle burned in Coffee County, Tennessee, Sept. 20, Special Agent Zach Angelo, chief of AFOSI Office of Special Projects OLE-3, helped pull civilians out of the it just before the vehicle was engulfed in flames.
Sept. 16, 2025
Abboud joins AFOSI HOF, capping decades of service

Retired Special Agent Richard Abboud was formally inducted into the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Hall of Fame, Sept. 6, following a ceremony hosted by Brig. Gen. Amy Bumgarner, AFOSI's commander.

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