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Osprey training mission

Master Sgt. John Rhoten inspects a CV-22 Osprey during a training mission Feb. 1, 2011, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Sergeant Rhoten is a flight engineer assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)
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Operation Christmas Drop a team effort

Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, load boxes of donated goods worth more than $93,000 onto a C-130 Hercules prior to take-off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 14, 2010. This year more than 60 boxes will be dropped to 55 Island weighing in at more than 20,000 pounds. Operation Christmas Drop is the Air Force's longest-running humanitarian campaign which began in 1952. Airmen today continue the tradition delivering supplies to remote islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Yap, Palau, Chuuk and Pohnpei. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
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Showing its versatility

A CV-22 Osprey lands on the range April 29, 2010, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Osprey demonstrated some of its capabilities to participants of Joint Civilian Orientation Course, a secretary of Defense sponsored program. The course gives civilian community leaders the opportunity to learn about the military and national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV)
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Taking the scenic route

A CV-22 Osprey aircraft from the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., flies Jan. 31, 2009, over Florida's Emerald Coast. While over the water, the crew practiced using a hoist, which is used to rescue stranded people. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)
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Taking the scenic route

A CV-22 Osprey aircraft from the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., flies Jan. 31 over Florida's Emerald Coast. While over the water, the crew practiced using a hoist, which is used to rescue stranded people. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)
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Stepping up

A CV-22 Osprey and an MH-53 Pave Low fly over the coastline Aug. 20 near Hurlburt Field, Fla. The CV-22 will take over Air Force Special Operations Command helicopter missions when the MH-53 retires in October. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)
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CV-22 Osprey prepares to take off

A CV-22 Osprey prepares to take off on the Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., flightline. The CV-22 Integrated Test Team concluded developmental testing Sept. 26, 2007. The CV-22 program is now moving to the operational test phase, which will continue at Hurlburt Field, Fla., in October. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jason Hernandez)
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AFSOC helps USSOCOM celebrate 20 years

Tandem jumpers from the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team freefall below an Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 Osprey over MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 26. The Osprey and aircrew are from the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. (Department of Defense photo)
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AFSOC helps USSOCOM celebrate 20 years

Tandem jumpers from the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team freefall below an Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 Osprey over MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 26. The Osprey and aircrew are from the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. (Department of Defense photo)
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AFSOC helps USSOCOM celebrate 20 years

Andy Serano, a member of the U.S. Special Operations Command parachute team, jumps from a CV-22 Osprey over MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 27. The Osprey is from Air Force Special Operations Command's 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. (Department of Defense photo/Mike Bottoms)
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AFSOC helps USSOCOM celebrate 20 years

Melissa Bunting, an executive producer for a Tampa, Fla., radio station, freefalls over nearby MacDill Air Force Base April 26 during a tandem jump with Sgt. 1st Class Michael Elliott of the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team. The pair jumped from an Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 Osprey (far left) from the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. (Department of Defense photo)
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Air Force aerial firefighters train in New Mexico

A CV-22 Osprey flies over a C-130 Hercules and the U.S. Forest Service's Albuquerque Air Tanker Base as C-130 aircrews from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command began arriving April 30 for Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training at the air tanker base in New Mexico. The CV-22 is based at the 58th Special Operations Wing from Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and the C-130 is from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza)
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Osprey at sunset

A CV-22 Osprey awaits its next mission on the ramp at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The tilt-rotor Osprey, which has the speed of a conventional airplane and the ability to hover like a helicopter, gives warfighters the ability to perform missions that would otherwise require both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery)
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Playing with fire

OVER EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The CV-22 Osprey fires countermeasures out of one of the rear buckets, or storage areas for countermeasures, during a safe-separation test over the precision impact range area here. (Courtesy photo by Kevin Kidd)
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