The CV-22 participates in its first search and rescue mission. The aircraft and its crew, assigned to the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., was in the air within 1.5 hours of notification.
The command center that has run America’s air campaigns in the Middle East for over two decades took a direct hit during the U.S. war with Iran and was severely damaged, a senior U.S. official and other people informed about the attack told Air & Space Forces Magazine.