Air Force Master Sgt. Erik Davis, an Air Force CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft flight engineer from the 8th Special Operations Squadron SOS "Black Birds," prepares the 50-caliber gun on his plane Jan. 26, 2011, during a local training mission at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The Osprey's primary mission in the 8th SOS is insertion, extraction, and re-supply of unconventional warfare forces and equipment into hostile or enemy-controlled territory using airland or airdrop procedures. Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock

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