The crash of a CV-22 Osprey, call sign Gundam 22, off the coast of Japan in November 2023 has generated a wave of unfair scrutiny against the aircraft. The loss of any service member is an absolute ...

The U.S. military’s controversial V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft won’t resume full flight operations until at least mid-2025 after the entire fleet was grounded last year following four crashes in the ...

Last Friday, the Marines, Navy and Air Force gave the V-22 Osprey the green light to return to flying status three months after the fatal crash of an Air Force CV-22 in the seas off Japan. It was a ...

The U.S. military has lifted its flight ban on V-22 Osprey aircraft after a deadly crash in Japan killed eight service members last fall, paving the way for the tilt rotorcraft to fly again for the ...

The military will be resuming V-22 flights with the understanding that “catastrophic failures due to inclusions is as high as seven per million flight hours”—compared to the standard of one per ten ...

Summary: The V-22 Osprey, a unique tiltrotor aircraft of the U.S. military, combines the vertical takeoff and landing capabilities of a helicopter with the speed and range of a jet. It serves as a ...

U.S. Marines land a MV-22 Osprey onto the San Antonio-class amphibious transportation dock New York on June 29, 2023. (Lance Cpl. Christian Salazar/U.S. Marine Corps) The V-22 program office is ...

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - A revolutionary tilt-rotor aircraft built by a team of Boeing Co and Textron Inc underperformed in Iraq, may fall short in Afghanistan and the Pentagon should review ...