Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kristopher Goyen, an 8th Special Operations Squadron special mission aviator, looks out of the back of a CV-22 Osprey during a flight exercise near Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 25, 2023. Special mission aviators have many duties, including preflight inspections, the monitoring of engines and other critical aircraft systems, mission management, defensive system operations and fuel computations.

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