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  • Looking Back: Arctic Adventures in the early Cold War

    On Oct. 18, 1948, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) opened a detachment at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. While a territory at the time, Alaska is only 53 miles from Russia at the Bering Strait’s narrowest point. For reference, Washington Dulles International

  • Full circle: AFOSI’s command chief returns to BMT roots

    Beneath a gray November sky, Chief Master Sgt. James Hoy stood tall from the reviewing stand of Lackland’s Parade Field, his crisp service blues lined with ribbons that told the story of a military career shaped by deployments, sacrifice and dedication. During the Basic Military Training graduation,

  • Looking Back: AFOSI and Operation Urgent Fury

    On Oct. 20, 1983, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations received notification from higher headquarters of a pending United States led military rescue operation which was to be conducted on the Caribbean Island nation of Grenada. Within hours, AFOSI Special Agents began receiving movement

  • Looking Back: OSI’s ‘Doolittle Raider’

    Robert G. Emmens was born on July 22, 1914. He graduated from Medford High in Oregon in 1931. The son of a physician, Emmens attended the University of Oregon for three years studying medicine. He was forced to leave college in 1934, after his father passed away, taking a job with the J.C. Penney