Cika wannan jumla: A 1974 shirin Combat Talon ya kusan rushewa yayin da Sojojin Sama suka nemi juyar da fifikon Vietnam a kan ayyukan musamman. 1st Special Operations Wing an sake sanya shi a matsayin 834th Tactical Composite Wing da Combat Talons na 8th SOS ya zama TAC. Koyaya amfani da 1 SOS "Yank" Talons a cikin rawar sa ido na teku daga Koriya ta Arewa a cikin 1975 ya sake farfado da sha'awar Yakin Talon, kamar yadda Isra'ila ta ceto masu garkuwa a Filin jirgin saman Entebbe. A wannan shekarar, an tura Talon na Yaki na 1 na Ofishin Jakadancin na Musamman don tallafawa sojojin Amurka a tsibirin Koh Tang a lokacin yakin basasa.
Lamarin Mayaguez, ya sauke bam guda BLU-82 6,800 kg (15,000 lb) don ba da damar fitar da su. Koyaya, har zuwa 1978<unk>79, har yanzu yawancin masu tsara ma'aikata ba su kula da Sojojin Sojojin Sama na Musamman ba, waɗanda suka gan shi a matsayin ɓarnatar da albarkatu ba mai ba da ƙarfi ba, kuma suna son a canja dukkan rundunar Talon zuwa Air National Guard. A farkon 1977 Combat Talon an sake sanya shi "MC-130E" ta Babban Ofishin Rundunar Sojan Sama don duka nau'ikan jirgin sama guda uku.