The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has grounded all 52 of its CV-22 Ospreys until further notice because of an "increased number of safety incidents" involving a mishap with the aircraft ...
Two days after Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) grounded its fleet of CV-22 aircraft following incidents involving the aircraft’s clutch, the U.S. Marine Corps says it has no plan to ...
The U.S. Air Force is deploying its first CV-22 Osprey aircraft to Africa next month, according to Air Force Special Operations Command officials. The aircraft will participate in Flintlock 09, an ...
The decision to resume CV-22 Osprey flight operations at Yokota Air Base, Japan, is based on a meticulous, data-driven approach, complemented by rigorous simulator training sessions for the crews.
So far, this hasn’t been a good year for the CV-22 and MV-22 Osprey aircraft. The same issue that had determined AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations Command) to ground its entire Osprey fleet earlier ...
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) describes the CV-22 Osprey as a machine meant to perform long-range infiltration and exfiltration, among others. That generally could mean some type of discretion is needed, ...
An Air Force CV-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of Japan last week during a routine training mission, leading to a transition from search and rescue to a recovery operation. All eight crew members on ...
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, and Boeing celebrate the upcoming completion of the CV-22 Program of Record for the U.S. Air Force. Bell and Boeing commemorated the V-22 Osprey production ...
“This being the first time we operationally refuelled with a KC-46, we were able to get some good video for training and development,” says USAF Major Anthony Belviso, the CV-22 aircraft commander.
Bell has finished the first nacelle modifications to a US Air Force CV-22 Osprey, part of a multi-year effort to improve the maintainability of the US military’s V-22 tiltrotors. The company completed ...
Defense Tech colleague Jamie McIntyre at our sister site, Line of Departure, has the latest on the fatal CV-22 crash in Afghanistan. Here’s what Jamie found: By Jamie McIntyre An investigation of the ...
The tiltrotor was stuck in the Norwegian wilderness for six weeks after an emergency landing. A CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, belonging to RAF Mildenhall’s 352nd Special Operations Wing, was ...