India, Feb. 28 -- RAF Mildenhall in the UK is home base of the United States Air Force (USAF) 352 Special Operations Wing (SOW) flying the CV-22B Osprey and the MC- 130J Commander II. The unit is scheduled to move to Germany in few years, the country where the unit was originally raised in 1964. Vayu recently visited the unit which operates mainly after daylight.
Mission
The 352 SOW is part of the US Air Force Special Operation Command (AFSOC) with its headquarters at Hulbert Field, Florida USA.
AFSOC also employs the other regional, but not US-continent based, 353 Special Operations Group at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The AFSOC organises, trains and equips personnel to execute global special operations and provides Air Force Special Op...