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 Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit hosted a change of command ceremony recently, another sign of how the CCA concept is maturing and becoming entrenched in the Air Force’s structure, to the point where exercises have generated multiple sorties in a single day to simulate high-tempo combat operations.