Air Force to again deploy Osprey aircraft
Air Force Gets Ready To Bring Back Troubled Aircraft For Full Deployment Despite Ongoing Safety Concerns
The Air Force is gearing up to bring back the historically troubled Osprey aircraft for fleet-wide deployment, despite ongoing concerns over safety and reliability, Military.com reported Wednesday. The Osprey — an aircraft that can take off vertically like a helicopter and fly horizontally like a plane using tiltrotor propellers — was grounded in December following a string of deadly crashes as a result of mechanical failures.
Air Force to deploy Osprey aircraft in weeks following review over deadly crash
Air Force Special Operations Command says it is weeks from deploying its fleet of CV-22B Osprey aircraft for counter terror operations, after grounding its crews in the wake of a fatal crash last November in Japan.
Air Force to deploy Ospreys in weeks as post-crash groundings lift
The military grounded Ospreys after a fatal crash in November 2023, and Air Force Special Operations Command is gradually returning them to the air.
Air Force Ospreys Set to Again Deploy Abroad After Deadly Crash, But Concerns Linger on Mechanical Issues
The news comes less than a year after a deadly November CV-22 Osprey crash in Japan that claimed the lives of eight airmen.
US Air Force Ospreys will return to combat duty in coming weeks
The Bell-Boeing CV-22 tiltrotors will soon return to combat duty 10 months after a deadly crash in 2023 killed eight special mission airmen and grounded the USA's entire Osprey fleet.
Air Force’s Ospreys will be forward deployed within “weeks”
The Air Force is weeks away from sending its V-22 Ospreys back to combatant commands after the Pentagon lifted a monthslong grounding on the tiltrotor fleet earlier this year. “We will deploy out here in the coming weeks,
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AFSOC CV-22 Prepare to Deploy Abroad, USMC MV-22 Suffers Engine Fire at Fairchild AFB
The CV-22 deployment would be the first since the 2023 fatal crash and the subsequent limited operations. The MV-22 fire ...
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Marines reopen second WWII-era airfield to prep for future combat
The opening of the North Carolina airfield follows the service’s June recertification of an airfield on the Pacific island of ...
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Osprey Crash Investigations Often Blame the Pilots and Crew. Is That Fair?
Another of the recent crashes occurred last year off the coast of Japan, killing eight airmen in their Air Force Special Forces Command Osprey. Military.com reported that the aircraft ...
Osprey military aircraft spotted flying over Greater Boston
A pair of unusual military planes were spotted flying over Boston and nearby communities on Monday morning. The V-22 Osprey ...
Osprey aircraft catches fire on Fairchild AFB flight line
An Osprey aircraft caught fire Wednesday on the flight line at Fairchild Air Force Base, according to military officials.
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Air Force Top Enlisted Leader Says Trainees Carrying Real Rifles at Boot Camp Is 'Desired End State'
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi said during a media roundtable at the annual Air and Space Forces ...
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An Air Force special ops squadron damaged three Ospreys in five days
no-good very bad week of an Air Force CV-22 Osprey squadron at Cannon Air Force Base last year. In the span of five days, the 20th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon, New Mexico, which ...