The V-22 Osprey fleet are not allowed to fly ... One of the alternatives was the Grumman C-2 Greyhound, an aging twin-engine aircraft that was originally supposed to be replaced by the Ospreys ...

Gear and clutch problems in the Osprey have killed more than a dozen troops in recent years, leading to groundings of the tilt-rotor aircraft. (Sgt. Armando Elizalde/U.S. Marine Corps) The Navy has ...

Developed jointly by Bell and Boeing, the V-22 Osprey was first introduced in 1989 ... asset in U.S. military operations globally. This aircraft changed how troops are deployed - and how wars ...

With a price tag of about $84 million, the V-22 Osprey is the world's first production tilt-rotor aircraft. The MV-22 Osprey, flown by the Marine Corps, has the ability to take off vertically like ...

But the V-22 Osprey has also caused the deaths of 62 service members. A crash in Japan last year grounded the entire fleet. We compared accident data for the Osprey with that of its closest rivals ...

A U.S. military Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft ... Officials at Yakushima Airport also said an aircraft crashed in waters about 2 to 4 kilometers from the airport. A 50-year-old man who ...

50 Cal machine gun Range: 500 nm Payload: 24 troops Crew: Four (pilot, copilot and two flight engineers) The MV-22 Osprey is the primary assault support aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps.

On Wednesday, Japan's coast guard said what appeared to be wreckage from the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey and one person, who was later confirmed to have died, were found about 3 km (2 miles ...

Gear and clutch problems in the Osprey have killed more than a dozen troops in recent years, leading to groundings of the tilt-rotor aircraft. (Sgt. Armando Elizalde/U.S. Marine Corps) The Navy ...