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Air Force Special Operations Command's first CV-22 Osprey awaits its next mission on the ramp at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 8, 2006. The tilt-rotor Osprey, which has the speed of a conventional airplane and the ability to hover like a helicopter, gives AFSOC warfighters the ability to perform special operations missions.

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Air Force Special Operations Command's first CV-22 Osprey awaits its next mission on the ramp at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 8, 2006. The tilt-rotor Osprey, which has the speed of a conventional airplane and the ability to hover like a helicopter, gives AFSOC warfighters the ability to perform special operations missions.

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