V-22 Osprey
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Navy/USMC
V-22 Official Expects Normal Ospreys Ops Return By End Of 2026 After Fixes
The V-22 Joint Program Office manager expects the Ospreys to finally move back to unrestricted flight operations by the end of 2026 once several component changes to improve safety are […]
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Navy/USMC
V-22 Program Looks To Extend Life For Decades
The V-22 Osprey program office is studying future aircraft upgrades, including the potential to extend the fuselage for up to several decades past the current service life limit that runs […]
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Air Force
V-22s Cleared To Fly Again
The Defense Department approved all variants of the V-22 Ospreys for flight clearance following a months-long review into the cause of a deadly Air Force crash in November. Naval Air […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Using C-2A Greyhounds With Ospreys Still Grounded But Clock Ticking
SAN DIEGO– Amid the military’s grounding of V-22 Ospreys, the Navy Air Boss said they are able to still use the last C-2A Greyhounds for carrier operations, but impacts will […]
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Air Force
AFSOC Examining Future CV-22 Alternatives
The grounding of the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force V-22 fleet since early December is unlikely to lift soon, as DoD officials consider what measures to take for crew […]
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Uncategorized
Acting Marine Corps Commandant Confirms V-22 Still Grounded Amid Investigation
The acting commandant of the Marine Corps on Thursday confirmed the service has kept its fleet of MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft grounded due to a deadly November mishap, but he […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Corps Leader Orders Safety Review After Osprey Crash
The top Marine Corps officer ordered a safety review in the wake of a MV-22B Osprey crash that killed three Marines and injured several others. “Marines, when we have any […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Orders Four More Ospreys In $482 Million Mod
Naval Air Systems Command last Friday said it awarded the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] Joint Program Office a $482 million contract modification to procure another four CMV-22B Osprey Lot 27 aircraft. […]
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Navy/USMC
Pentagon Limits V-22 Fleets Due To Clutch Issue
Bell [TXT]/Boeing [BA] V-22s Osprey tiltrotor aircraft across the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force are getting time limits and some aircraft are being grounded due to an engine clutch […]
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Air Force
Root Cause of CV-22 Sprag Clutch Slippage in Last Two Months Still Uncertain
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is still investigating the root cause of the slippage of a sprag clutch in one of the engines of the Bell [TXT]/Boeing [BA] […]