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Conway: Marines Must Think of Afghan-Bound Osprey As More Than Helo

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By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps' top officer said he is "very proud" of how the V-22 Osprey has performed in Iraq and wants the service to consider multiple uses of the tilt-rotor aircraft that is likely to be sent to Afghanistan. Commandant Gen. James Conway told reporters last Friday that for the previously troubled V-22 program "our biggest challenge right now is to stop thinking, as a Marine Corps, about the Osprey as a helicopter." "It's not just a…

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