Maintainers sustain CV-22B Osprey for mission success
Airman 1st Class Richard Bassett, 801st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, attaches a crane to lift a CV-22B Osprey gear box on the flight line at Hurlburt Field Fla., July 20, 2015. The 801st SOAMXS’s mission is to perform all equipment maintenance in support of worldwide special operations missions in response to national command authority taskings for the CV-22B Osprey and the MC-130H Talon II. Maintenance includes aircraft servicing, phase inspections, troubleshooting, repair, modifications and launch recovery for all aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Meagan Schutter)