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  • At Japan cyber forum, AFOSI’s role reflects decades of trust

    At one of Japan’s most established cybersecurity forums, members of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations stood apart as the only non-Japanese participant, underscoring years of trust built with Japanese law enforcement and national-security partners.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.”

  • 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.