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WATCH: Ret. Col Allison Black
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Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Allison Black served over 32 years of active-duty military service, commanding at multiple levels within the Joint Force and U.S. Special Operations Command. She culminated her career as the commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida. In this capacity, she prepared Airmen for worldwide missions, specializing…
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‘Angel of death’ advises Air Force Academy cadets on coming conflict at recent leadership symposium
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As her C-130H gunship approached enemy combatants in Afghanistan, former Air Force officer Allison Black’s voice came across the field radios, shocking a Northern Alliance general. A navigator on board, she was part of a crew that killed 200 combatants, and the Afghan general dialed into the Taliban frequency to tell them about Black. “America…