413th FLTS executes aircraft development tests, evaluations
Staff Sgt. Lee Boston, a C-130 loadmaster with the 413th Flight Test Squadron, adjusts the audio control panel of an AC-130J during a pre-flight inspection near King Hangar at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 27. Flight crews operate the audio control panel to transmit communications and listen to radios or intercoms. Crew communication is essential during test missions. The 413th FLTS plans, executes and reports development tests and evaluations of all of the Air Force’s Special Operations Command’s aircraft as well as the Air Force’s vertical lift aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)