A flight engineer, 8th Special Operations Squadron, ensures everyone is accounted for prior to liftoff during a hurricane response exercise with Air Force Special Tactics operators at Eglin Range, Florida, Oct. 27, 2020. Special Tactics teams have the ability to conduct personnel recovery missions, from rapid mission planning to technical rescue, treatment and exfiltration. The local humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise helped ST operators hone personnel recovery and global access skills in a training environment to ensure they’re prepared for real-world natural disasters and catastrophic events. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rose Gudex)