Blackbirds is part of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The 8th was an attack/Bombardment squadron from 1917 to 1969 when was converted in a special ops unit. From 1999 stood in reserved status flying MC-130 Hercules until 2007 when they received their CV-22 Osprey conducting their first tilt-rotor deployment to Iraq in 2009.
News about 8th SOS |
USAF 801st SOAMX is 2015 Maintenance Winner
11-Dec-15 - Department of Defense named USAF 801st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (SOAMXS) the 2015 winner of the Phoenix Award for Maintenance ExcellenceOspreys 8th SOS awarded the 2013 Mackay Trophy
30-Jul-14 - HURLBURT FIELD, FL by Staff Sgt. Tyler Placie - In the early morning hours of Dec. 21, 2013, 8th Special Operations Squadron crews departed in three CV-22 Ospreys to evacuate American citizens from the remote city of Bor, South Sudan.CV-22s Deploy to Africa for First Time
02-Dec-08 - HURLBURT FIELD, Fla by 1st Lt. Lauren Johnson, 1 SOW Public Affairs - The final two CV-22s broke across the Florida horizon just in time for Thanksgiving dinner. And after a 5,300 nautical mile flight across the Atlantic ocean, they had surely worked up an appetite.8th SOS CV-22 on USS Bataan
04-Sep-07 - HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. by Jamie Haig, 1st SOW Public Affairs - The CV-22 Osprey, pilots and flight engineers from the 8th Special Operations Squadron executed the first landing and take-offs from the USS Bataan (LHD 5) Aug. 13-14.USAF CV-22B Osprey Training with Navy Seals
06-Jul-07 - USAF 8th Special Operations Squadron CV-22 Osprey perform a water operations exercise with Navy SEALs at Lake Jackson in Florala, AlabamaMore News ... | |
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8th SOS List of helicopters |
C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
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D1006 | cv-22b | 02-0025 : Bell-Boeing CV-22B; made precautionary landing in Arizona on delivery flig+ | |||||
D1008 | cv-22b | 04-0027 : USAF CV-22B; 8th SOS, Hulbert Field, FL | |||||
D1009 | cv-22b | 05-0028 : USAF CV-22B; 8th SOS, Hulbert Field, FL : asg 8th SOS training with Navy SEAL at Lake Jackson in Florala, Alabama : 8th SOS visit Lajes | |||||
D1010 | cv-22b | 05-0029 : USAF CV-22B; 8th SOS, Hulbert Field, FL | |||||
D1011 | cv-22b | 05-0030 : Bell-Boeing CV-22B, c/n D1011, ff?; del USAF as CV-22B, 05-0030, unk; xfer+ : USAF; 8th SOS visit Lajes | |||||
D1012 w/o 2010 | cv-22b | 2007 | 06-0031 : Bell-Boeing CV-22B, c/n D1012, ff?; del USAF as CV-22B, 06-0031, unk; 15J+ : 8th SOS visit Lajes | ||||
D1013 w/o 2012 | cv-22b | 2006 | 06-0032 : Bell-Boeing CV-22B, c/n D1013, ff?; del USAF as CV-22B, 06-0032, unk; xfer+ : 8th SOS visit Lajes : w/o 13jun12. 8th SOS crash on the Eglin Range, north of Navarre, Florida d+ | ||||
D1014 | cv-22b | 2007 | 07-0033 : Oct12 8th SOS | ||||
D1015 | cv-22b | 2008 | 07-0034 : USAF CV-22B 2008; 8th SOS, 1st SOW : 01feb11 pictured with 8th SOS at Hurlburt Field, FL | ||||
D1016 | cv-22b | 08-0035 : 26jan11 USAF CV-22B 0035 pictured with 8th SOS at Hurlburt Field, Florida | |||||
D1018 | cv-22b | 2008 | 08-0037 : Bell-Boeing CV-22B, c/n D1018, ff?; ordered as 07-0037, but due to product+ | ||||
D1019 | cv-22b | 08-0038 : Bell-Boeing CV-22B, c/n D1019, ff?; del USAF as CV-22B, 08-0038, 2009; xfe+ | |||||
D1020 | cv-22b | 08-0039 : Bell-Boeing CV-22B, c/n D1020, ff?; del USAF as CV-22B, 08-0039, 2009; xfe+ | |||||
D1021 | cv-22b | 2010 | 08-0040 : USAF CV-22B 0040; 26jan11 pictured with 8th SOS at Hurlburt Field, Florida | ||||
D1033 | cv-22b | 08-0047 : USAF; 2012 8th SOS;
2015 still | |||||
D1042 | cv-22b | 2012 | 08-0051 : USAF, 2014 8th SOS | ||||
D1022 | cv-22b | 2010 | 09-0041 : USAF; 2011 8th SOS; 2014 still | ||||
D1023 | cv-22b | 2011 | 09-0042 : USAF; 23May11 8th SOS static display at the Andrews 2011 Open House; 2013 + : stop at Lajes | ||||
D1024 | cv-22b | 2011 | 09-0043 : USAF; 2013 8th SOS; 2014 still | ||||
D1026 | cv-22b | 09-0045 : USAF; 2012 8th SOS | |||||
D1029 | cv-22b | 2012 | 10-0053 : 8th SOS : stop at Lajes | ||||
D1030 | cv-22b | 2012 | 10-0054 : USAF; 2012 8th SOS : stop at Lajes | ||||
D1031 | cv-22b | 2012 | 10-0055 : USAF; 2012 8th SOS;
2014 still | ||||
D1041 | cv-22b | 11-0061 : USAF; Jan14 8th SOS | |||||
D1046 | cv-22b | 12-0065 : USAF; 2017 8th SOS; Nov17 7th SOS | |||||
D1049 | cv-22b | 13-0068 : USAF 8th SOS from Apr15 | |||||
D1050 | cv-22b | 13-0069 : USAF 8th SOS from Apr16 | |||||
D1053 | cv-22b | 14-0072 : USAF | |||||
cv-22b | 16-0076 : USAF, 400th Osprey |