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Air Force’s CV-22 To Begin Operational Test And Readiness Review

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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

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The Air Force Special Operations variant of the V-22 Osprey this week will begin its operational test and readiness review (OTR&R)--a comprehensive examination of all the developmental testing done on the CV-22, a program official said. Once OTR&R is completed, the aircraft will have one more hurdle to get over before entering its initial operational capability (IOC) phase, and that is initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E), James Darcy, V-22 program office spokesman, told Defense Daily recently. For the CV-22,…

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