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Air Force’s first female CV-22 pilot completes training at Kirtland

1st Lt. Candice Killian, 58th Training Squadron, prepares to fly the CV-22. U.S. Air Force Photo by Stefan Bocchino

Air Force’s first female CV-22 pilot completes training at Kirtland

1st Lt. Candice Killian, 58th Training Squadron, does a preflight check on the CV-22. U.S. Air Force Photo by Stefan Bocchino

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Air Force’s first female CV-22 pilot completes training at Kirtland

1st Lt. Candice Killian checks key components of the CV-22 during a preflight inspection. U.S. Air Force Photo by Stefan Bocchino

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Helicopter 66-14433 flies over Washington, D.C.,

Helicopter 66-14433 flies over Washington, D.C., in 1975 shortly after its modification to the Pave Low configuration. The aircraft was reassigned to the 1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing at Kirtland AFB in January 1976. USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Kay.

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MH-53J Pave Low

Helicopter 66-14433 now rests at the 58th Special Operations Wing's airpark on Aberdeen Drive.

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The view from here is ... at an angle!

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico: A crew from KOB-TV, Albuquerque, N.M., news takes a ride on a CV-22 Osprey Aug. 7 and finds themselves in the midst of aerial scenery that is breathtaking, as is the angle of flight through part of the ride. The CV-22 is assigned to the 58th Special Operations Wing, 71st Special Operations Squadron, here. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Markus Maier

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Osprey formation

The largest Air Force CV-22 Osprey formation to date lifts off from a Kirtland taxiway May 1. The formation consisted of four Ospreys, three from Kirtland and one from the 8th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Markus Maier

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Over the aux field

A formation of CV-22 Ospreys flies over the auxillary field here. This formation, which was flown on May 1, was the largest to date for the Air Force. U.S. Air Force Photo by Todd Berenger

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Discovery Channel

Crewmembers filming from Beyond Productions, for the new Discovery Channel show, ?Cool Things and How They Work,? interview Lt. Col. Todd Lovell, 71st Special Operations Squadron director of operations March 12. The crew spent March 12 and 13 with the 71st Special Operations Squadron gathering footage on the ground and while flying in the CV-22 Osprey. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Markus Maier)

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Night training mission

Two CV-22 Osprey aircraft, assigned to the 71st Special Operations Squadron, part of the 58th Special Operations Wing, take off en-route to a night training mission Tuesday here. The units train mission-ready special operations, combat search and rescue and missile site support airlift crews directly supporting Air Expeditionary Forces. The Osprey is the newest addition to the Air Force aircraft inventory and is designed to be used for special operations missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Markus Maier)

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Osprey tour

Kyrgyzstan military officials tour the inside of a 58th Special Operations Wing CV-22 Osprey here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Berenger)

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Making History

Three reporters working with the History Channel, accompanied by James Darcy (kneeling), V-22 Osprey Program public affairs officer, and a flight engineer from the 71st Special Operations Squadron, film a CV-22 Osprey during a training mission at a landing zone here for a show called Modern Marvels ? Military Movers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Markus Maier)

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CV-22 aircrew training takes off

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- An Airman salutes the pilot of a CV-22 Osprey here before its departure from the runway here. The CV-22 program has reached another milestone as the 58th Special Operations Wing, here, announced Jan. 30 that they have the aircraft, maintenance infrastructure and training cadre ready to begin training aircrews for the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Markus M. Maier)

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Testing

Maintenance crews perform de-icing on a C-130J during cold-weather operational test and evaluation at Eielson AFB, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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