The Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys stationed on Okinawa remained operational Aug.7 as U.S. and Australian navy vessels attempted to recover wreckage of a downed tiltrotor off the east coast of Australia.On Aug. 5, an Osprey clipped the edge of the USS Green Bay while trying to land on the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. The aircraft – which can takeoff, land and hover like a helicopter and fly at speeds and altitude of a fixed-wing airplane – plunged into the Pacific Ocean with…
Osprey Operations Ongoing As Recovery Of Downed MV-22 Continues Off Australia
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Dan Parsons
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