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 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 ...

The V-22s have been grounded for two weeks following a recent incident, however they are now returning to fly again after the inspection of the Proprotor Gearboxes. The U.S. Air Force and Navy are ...

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 ...

Recent turmoil in Haiti reminds me of just how critical the V-22 Osprey’s capability was in 2010 ― and again in 2016, when I helped respond to a crisis situation in Haiti. In 2010, a massive ...

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 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 future of the V-22 Osprey, one of the most controversial aircraft in U.S. military history, likely will be decided over the next year or so in a series of unusually rigorous tests at the Patuxent ...

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 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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Japan has grounded its fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft again after an incident last Sunday where one of the hybrid helicopter-aircraft tilted unexpectedly and hit the ground while ...