Video by Senior Airman Edward Coddington | 1st Special Operations Wing | 11.16.2020
A CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron conduct combat readiness and rescue training in northwest Florida, Nov. 16, 2020. Aircrew members with the 8th SOS fired approximately 600 rounds of .50-caliber ammunition and conducted simulated rescue hoists, honing aircrew proficiency to conduct global special operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force......
Video by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick | 1st Special Operations Wing | 09.30.2020
Aircrew members assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron conduct a routine training mission above northwest Florida, Sept. 30, 2020. Aircrew members conducted approach and landing training, and fired approximately 600 rounds of .50-caliber ammunition, ensuring Air Force Special Operation Command’s tip of the spear capability and presence. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Joseph......
Video by Staff Sgt. Rachel Williams | 1st Special Operations Wing | 09.30.2020
Aircrew members assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron conduct a routine training mission above the Emerald Coast, Florida, Sept. 30, 2020. Aircrew members conducted approach and landing training, and fired approximately 600 rounds of .50-caliber ammunition, ensuring Air Force Special Operation Command’s tip of the spear capability and presence. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt.......
Video by Airman 1st Class Bryan Guthrie | Nellis Air Force Base | 10.22.2019
Maintainers assigned to the 801st SOAMXS, Hurlburt Field, Florida, prepare a CV-22B Osprey for take off.
Video by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Landon | Air Force Special Tactics | 10.13.2018
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron access Tyndall Air Force Base’s airfield, Florida, Oct. 11, 2018. Special Tactics are prepared to assess, open, and control major airfields to provide support during humanitarian operations....
Video by Airman 1st Class Edward Coddington | 1st Special Operations Wing | 09.18.2018
Airmen from the 8th Special Operations Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron's Maritime Operations conducted testing on their deck-landing training vessel, on Hurlburt Field, Florida September 18, 2018. The testing involved a CV-22 Osprey hovering above the moving vessel to see how it would react and what modifications will need to be made for it to fulfill its mission as a......
Video by Airman 1st Class Edward Coddington | 1st Special Operations Wing | 09.18.2018
Airmen from the 8th Special Operations Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron's Maritime Operations conducted testing on their deck-landing training vessel, on Hurlburt Field, Florida September 18, 2018. The testing involved a CV-22 Osprey hovering above the moving vessel to see how it would react and what modifications will need to be made for it to fulfill its mission as a......
Video by Senior Airman Joseph Pick | 1st Special Operations Wing | 02.06.2018
On Feb. 6, 1991, in support of Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield, an MC-130E aircrew with the 8th SOS carried two BLU-82 "Daisy Cutters." One was dropped on a minefield to assist Marines advancing through Iraqi border defenses and the other on an Iraqi battalion HQ. By the close of the war, 11 BLU-82s were dropped by MC-130E aircrews....
