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Air Force

AFSOC, Marines Pushing Industry To Resolve V-22 ‘Challenges’

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, September 21st, 2016

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AFSOC, Marines Pushing Industry To Resolve V-22 ‘Challenges’

The Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference took place Sept. 19 to 21 in National Harbor, Md.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and the U.S. Marine Corps have agreed to “present a united front” to industry on the need to overcome “challenges” with the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, AFSOC’s new commander said Sept. 21.Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, who took the AFSOC helm about two months ago, revealed that he and Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, the Marine Corps’ aviation chief, decided at a recent meeting to “walk lockstep” on the…

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