Aviation spotter @SirListenalot reported in the past 30 minutes that three V-22 Ospreys—AF8447 (COORS51), AE571D (COORS53), and others—departed Kirtland Air Force Base on December 21, with subsequent movements on December 23 routing AF8447 to Homestead Air Reserve Base via Cannon AFB and Hurlburt Field, likely bound for Puerto Rico. The X post, shared between 2:46 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. UTC on December 29, quotes details of a December 23 operation at 0110z involving V-22 AE498A outbound from Cannon and 0210z inbound of AF8447 to Homestead, suggesting coordination as the "xxxxx51 flight" with audio verification recommended. These sightings follow U.S. Air Force Special Operations CV-22B BADGER72 and MQ-9 Reaper SPARK22 landings at Aguadilla Airport in Puerto Rico earlier on December 29, as reported by @r4streando in the prior reporting period.
