A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator from the

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator from the 352nd Special Operations Wing boards a CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotator aircraft belonging to the 7th Special Operations Squadron, for a personnel recovery mission during a training scenario as part of exercise Valiant Liberty at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, U.K., March 11, 2020. Special Tactics is U.S. Special Operations Command's tactical air and ground integration force, and the Air Force's only special operations ground force, leading global access, precision strike, personnel recovery and battlefield surgery operations on the battlefield. Valiant Liberty is an agile combat employment exercise which allows U.S. and allied forces to deter, defend and win across the spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rose Gudex)