The V-22 Osprey is a highly versatile aircraft that experienced a significant rise in serious accidents in 2023 and 2024, the GAO reported Friday.
The V-22 Osprey is a troop transport with a helicopter's versatility and a turboprop's speed. But the V-22 has crashed several times since becoming operational in 2007, killing over 50 people. The ...
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's V-22 Osprey takes part in the joint exercise "Iron Fist 23" with U.S. Marines at Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima-Prefecture, Japan on March 2. File Photo by Keizo ...
The Pentagon’s troubled V-22 Osprey program recorded more serious accidents in each of the last two fiscal years than the average during any of the previous eight years, congressional auditors said, ...
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 Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) has cleared its V-22 Osprey fleet to resume flights after an October accident. The accident on Yonaguni Island was attributed to pilot error: failure to activate ...
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has agreed to study the safety record of the V-22 Osprey, the troubled aircraft that took the life of Pittsfield native Staff Sgt. Jacob Galliher on Nov. 29.
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 ...
The tiltrotor V-22 returned to partial operations in March, but the military is still reviewing what led to fatal mishaps. By Nicholas Slayton Published Jun 16, 2024 6:29 PM EDT It will be a year ...
I get a lot of questions about my RC V-22 Osprey and whether I can switch it from hovering to forward flight. Yes, it’s ...
The U.S. Navy announced it will begin testing a new clutch design on the V-22 Osprey aircraft after a series of fatal crashes involving the aircraft over the past two years. Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, the ...