It takes off like a helicopter and flies like a plane, so it's no surprise people aren't sure what to call the CV-22 Osprey. It doesn't fit neatly into a single category, and even those who know ...
The issue occurred inside the gearbox that connects the propeller rotor to one of the aircraft’s two engines, according to reports. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Xavier Lockley] Air Force ...
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 ...
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 ...
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) grounded its CV-22 Osprey fleet due to a "hard clutch engagement" issue in the gearbox that poses a safety risk by causing rapid power transfers between ...
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, ...
The V-22 Osprey has always been a bit of an oddball among combat aircraft. Its tiltrotor engines left it in a curious corner of aviation design, neither a proper helicopter nor a conventional ...
The remains of five service members from the Nov. 29 U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey crash off Japan’s Yakushima Island have been recovered according to an Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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.