413th FLTS conducts tests on AFSOC aircraft
Tech. Sgt. James Kitchen, 413th Flight Test Squadron, communicates with the aircrew of an AC-130W prior to a test mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 413th has three flights that perform developmental and qualification testing on Air Force Special Operations Command and rotor aircraft to include C-130s, CV-22s and UH-1s. The three flights are geographically separated at Hurlburt Field, Eglin and Duke Field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)