Is the V-22 Osprey’s gearbox simply high maintenance or a ticking mechanical bomb? Incidents of emergency landings and fatal ...
The U.S. Air Force and Navy are finally resuming flight operations with the V-22 Osprey after the latest grounding which followed a recent incident. However, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR ...
The Marine Corps has been operating the V-22 transport aircraft for more than 30 years. But it has continued to deal with crashes.
A cracked gear led to a November 2023 Osprey crash that killed eight airmen. The military is trying to see which Ospreys ...
A V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft is towed across the harbor at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 28, 2024. US Marine Corps Photo Japan is preparing to fly V-22s with additional flight ...
The US Navy has ended an operational pause on its troubled fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft, allowing flights to resume with inspections of the aircraft. In a statement, Naval Air Systems Command ...
US Navy Photo Navy and Marine V-22 Osprey’s have returned to flight with additional restrictions over a mechanical component of the tilt-rotor aircraft, Naval Air Systems Command announced on ...
The development comes after an incident during a Nov. 20 training mission with a CV-22 Osprey at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico when, "out of an abundance of caution," the Navy's office ...
By Matt White Posted on Dec 20, 2024 The Air Force and Navy will begin to let their V-22 Osprey fleets fly once more in the coming weeks after key parts of their engines are individually checked ...
The U.S. military has introduced new safety restrictions for all V-22 Osprey aircraft following a near-crash incident in New Mexico last month. Investigators found that the proprotor gearbox ...
The military is resuming flights of its tiltrotor V-22 Ospreys after ordering inspections of a gearbox to see which might be at risk of metal failure. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class ...