Special
operations is a rare growth area in terms of both funding and manpower in the Fiscal
2015 budget request, released March 4, 2014. Here, an Air Force Joint Terminal
Attack Controller calls in a Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra for close air support
during Emerald Warrior 2013 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., on April 24, 2013.
Air
Force photo by SSgt. Vernon Young Jr.
