Air Force Special Operations Command, or AFSOC, is the part of the Air Force that handles special operations. It’s made up of really specialized airmen like pararescuemen, combat controllers, special reconnisance, tactical air control party operators, and Special Warfare Officers. These are the people who get sent on the hardest missions the air force does. Getting in is super hard. More then 70% of the people who try out don’t make it through, and the Air Force keeps changing how they pick people to try to get it right. In 2024, the RAND Corporation came out with a new framework that grades candidates on six things: physical ability, mental ability, technical skills, leadership, character, and teamwork. My main point in this project is that AFSOC selection has never really stayed the same — it keeps changing because of mistakes the military made, new research, and how war itself keeps changing.