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UPDATED: Half of US V-22s Can’t Fly And That Won’t Improve ‘Soon Enough’

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UPDATED: Half of US V-22s Can’t Fly And That Won’t Improve ‘Soon Enough’
A US. Marine Corps V-22 lifting off a ship. Photo: U.S. Navy

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Just over half of the U.S. military's V-22 Ospreys are ready to fly missions at any given time and the service doesn’t plan to hit its target readiness rate as soon as it would like, according to program manager Col. Matthew Kelly. The fleet’s readiness rate, including both the Marine Corps MV-22 and Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 reportedly hovers at about 52 percent. Without specifying a number -- the program office does not comment…

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