A few internet sleuths got closer to the truth, assuming they were Phoenix-Raven troops, the Air Force’s specially-trained security forces squads that fly on large transport aircraft like C-17s ...

Their investigation cites Air Force records showing that in 2018, Carrillo was an apprentice in an elite unit known as Phoenix Raven, which provides specially trained security forces for aircraft ...

26, 2018, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Raven apprentices train prior to attending the Phoenix Raven curriculum at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. (Airman 1st Class Jonathon D.

We are partnering with AFRL [Air Force Research Laboratory] and the intelligence community that have quite a bit of expertise there to see what they're working on and how can we partner with them.” ...

33. Phoenix Raven Program 34. Defense Attache 35. Special Reconnaissance 36. Air Force Office of Special Investigations 37. AFSOC Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element 38. Air Traffic ...