Six CV-22 Ospreys and their operators, maintainers, and support airmen from the 1st Special Operations Wing return to their home base at Hurlburt Field, Fla., from a previously undisclosed three-month deployment in Southwest Asia supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was the first combat employment for Air Force Special Operations Command’s new CV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft.
Small satellites meant to improve the way the U.S. measures Earth’s magnetic field—an option to expand the military’s position, navigation, and timing enterprise—launched March 30 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.
