CV-22 The Newest V-22 Osprey in the Air Force

B-Roll of the 352nd Special Operations Group testing capabilities of new air frames, CV-22 and MC130-J, at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom.

352nd Special Operations Wing

The 352nd Special Operations Wing (SOW), based at RAF Mildenhall, England, is an essential part of Air Force Special Operations Command. The group has more than 1,000 Air Force personnel assigned, as well as nearly 50 personnel attached/associated as members of Joint Special Operations Air Component-Europe and Detachment 2, 25th Intelligence Squadron. The wing is the only Air Force special operations unit in European Command.

Mission
Under the operational control of Special Operations Command Europe, the 352nd SOW plans and performs specialized operations using advanced aircraft, tactics and air refueling techniques to transport and resupply military forces. The wing also provides tilt-rotor aircraft aerial refueling and special operations weather capabilities. The unit has six squadrons and two different types of aircraft, the MC-130J Commando II and the CV-22B Osprey, the U.S. Air Force's premiere tiltrotor aircraft which arrived on station in June 2013.

The wing or its squadrons have deployed in support of Operations Desert Storm, Provide Comfort, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, Provide Promise, Deny Flight, Allied Force, Assured Response, Silver Anvil, Atlas Response, Support Hope, Joint Endeavor, Deliberate Force, Guardian Assistance, Shining Express, Autumn Return, Assured Delivery, Aster Silver and Enduring Freedom-Trans Sahara, Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector. The wing is regularly called upon to support special operations for OEF and OEF-TS as well as other Overseas Contingency Operations.

Video by Staff Sgt. Joseph Vigil

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