Meet the new aircraft
The Air Force Special Operations Command-owned C-145 Skytrucks are now the primary aircraft on the 919th Special Operations Wing flightline at Duke Field. The aircraft is used in Aviation Foreign Internal Defense training, the new mission of the reserve wing. The wing’s 5th Special Operations Squadron currently trains active-duty and reserve Airmen on the new mission. The 711th Special Operations Squadron will be reserve operational AVFID squadron with its active-duty counterpart the 6th Special Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)