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.

Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as a music reporter and editor for ...

The V-22 was taking part in a MEDEVAC/CASEVAC scenario as part of exercise Keen Sword. It lost balance and swung from side to ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force has grounded its fleet of Ospreys after an aircraft failed to take off during an ongoing ...

Japan has grounded its fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft again after an incident last Sunday where one of the hybrid ...

Marines came to their home in Arlington, Virginia, last week to brief them on what caused the Osprey crash in Australia last year that resulted in the death of their son and two other Marines.

The MV-22 Osprey, flown by the Marine Corps, has the ability to take off vertically like a helicopter and then convert into airplane mode and fly up to 300 mph like a traditional turboprop plane.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Families of four of the five Marines killed when their Osprey crashed in California in June of 2022 filed a federal lawsuit Thursday alleging that the aircraft’s ...

A Marine F-35B pilot made a mistake when he ejected from his high-tech and uber-expensive fighter, which continued to fly for more than 11 minutes before it crashed near Joint Base Charleston ...

Reports said that the US Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, has approved the V-22's return to service. The Pentagon grounded V-22 Osprey after fatal crash in Japan in November 2023. The aircraft has ...

to the mainland city of Darwin for hospital treatment after the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft crashed around 9:30 a.m., a statement from the Marines said. “Recovery efforts are ongoing ...

In an undated photo, the sign for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, posted along Interstate Highway 5 reads, 'Preserving California's Precious Resources.' ...