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Top Republicans on House Oversight Committee Want V-22 Mishap Data By End of Month

Top Republicans on House Oversight Committee Want V-22 Mishap Data By End of Month
A 21st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief marshals a U.S. Air Force CV-22B Osprey after returning from a flight at Yokota Air Base, Japan on July 2. The flight was the first for the CV-22 since being grounded after a fatal CV-22 crash off Japan last Nov. 29 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Top Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability said that they are not receiving requested data from the Pentagon on V-22 accidents, including a CV-22 crash last Nov. 29 that killed eight airmen off Japan. The committee is investigating "long-term problems regarding the reliability of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor military aircraft (Osprey)," Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) wrote in a July 16 letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Grothman chairs the committee's national…

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