CV-22 Osprey flight engineer Staff Sgt. Eric Wiggins from the 8th Special Operations Squadron "Black Birds" pre-flights his plane Jan. 26, during a local training mission at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The CV-22 Ospreys primary mission of the 8th SOS is insertion, extraction, and re-supply of unconventional warfare forces and equipment into hostile or enemy-controlled territory using airland or airdrop procedures.