Special Operations CV-22B Osprey Crashes in Japanese Waters
United States Air Force Special Operations Command confirms CV-22B Osprey from Yokota Air Base, Japan, crashed into Japanese waters near Yakushima Island.
Read MoreUnited States Air Force Special Operations Command confirms CV-22B Osprey from Yokota Air Base, Japan, crashed into Japanese waters near Yakushima Island.
Read MoreA US Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft has crashed near Melville Island, Australia. The incident was confirmed in a press release issued by the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin.
Read MoreThe U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, challenging the award of a lucrative Army helicopter contract to Bell Textron, Inc. The contract, worth up to $7 billion, is for the development of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), a new vertical lift aircraft that will replace the UH-60 Black Hawk utility fleet.
Read MoreThe first example of the US Navy version of BellBoeing’s tiltrotor, the CMV-22B Osprey, achieved its first flight on 21 January 2020, at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center, according to the company.
Read MoreThis night picture of an MV-22 Osprey Tiltrotor aircraft in Iraq has become rather popular and widely re-published. And it is no wonder, there is a strange and beautiful blend of astro photography, combat operations, high technology and esprit de corps. Astro photo you say? Yes, if you look carefully you can see stars in the nighttime sky above the Marine Corps vertical lift aircraft. This V-22 picture was captured while the tiltrotor was refueled prior to the start of a mission in central Iraq.
Read MoreThere has been a minor incident involving an MV-22B Osprey Tiltrotor from the USMC’s 3rd Marine Air Wing (3rd MAW) near Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.
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