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 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-22 will receive a new proprotor gearbox in January 2026, after which the tiltrotor will start returning to its full flight profile. The troubled V-22 Osprey can’t seem to be able to catch a ...

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 ...

There are certain aircraft that refuse to be pigeon-holed. The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is one of them. The Osprey is unique among aircraft, being something of a transformer type. It's designed to ...

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 ...

In March, the Naval Air Systems Command cleared the tiltrotor V-22 Osprey to return to flight, after the aircraft had been grounded since early December 2023 following a crash of a U.S. Air Force V-22 ...

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 ...

At the June 12 hearing of the House Oversight and Accountability subcommittee investigating the safety of the V-22 Osprey, members of Gold Star families were sitting in the front row, holding framed ...