A Special Tactics Officer, assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command, shows a child their battlefield equipment at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021, Wittman Regional Airport, Wis., July 31, 2021. Special Tactics Airmen possess unique capabilities to include assessing and surveying landing zones for aircraft, as well as controlling the airspace of major airfields to clandestine dirt strips in any environment, including those devastated by natural disasters.

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