A Marine Corps Osprey accidentally dropped a load of rations weighing nearly 1,000 pounds into the ocean west of Okinawa during training last week. An aircraft assigned to an unspecified squadron ...
The Osprey is a hybrid aircraft that takes off ... Versions of the aircraft are flown by the U.S. Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force. Before Sunday, there had been five fatal crashes of Marine ...
So much depends on the one-of-a-kind Osprey, from secure embassy evacuations to deliveries to aircraft carriers at sea. And the Marines don’t go to war without it.
The CMV-22 Osprey will also replace C-2 transport planes. Additionally, Marine Corps' FA-18s will be switched out for F-35B stealth fighter jets. The Iwakuni base will have slightly fewer ...
“We are not making a hardware change to the aircraft,” said Marine Col. Brian Taylor, the V-22 Program Manager for NAVAIR, which oversees all Osprey flight rules and regulations for all three ...