Bell Boeing has delivered to the US Marine Corps (USMC) the first MV-22 Osprey modified into a “common configuration”, part of a programme to boost the type’s 55% readiness rate by increasing fleet ...

The Naval Medical Research Unit of Dayton (NAMRU-D) accepted Aircraft 24, a decommissioned Marine Corps V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, for aerospace medicine research on Dec. 19. “The MV-22 will be ...

The U.S. Marine Corps announced Wednesday it was lifting an "operational pause" for the roughly 20 aircraft assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, which suffered the loss of an MV-22 Osprey ...

Key Point: The Osprey is, among other things, known for its ability to reach speeds of 280 knots and achieve a much greater combat radius than conventional rotorcraft. The U.S. Marine Corps is ...

The 1 st Marine Air Wing’s MV-22s are flying again after a safety stand down following an emergency ditch at sea last week, III Marine Expeditionary Force said in a Monday statement. On Dec. 13, an MV ...

An MV-22B Osprey assigned to the ìDragonsî of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) take off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) during ...

A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey does a functions check during WESTPAC 16-2 aboard the amphibious transport dock New Orleans, at sea, Feb. 16, 2016. (Cpl. Alvin Pujols/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps is ...

The term “elephant walk” refers to a military training exercise in which a number of aircraft taxi en masse and then take off in quick succession. The practice dates back to World War II, and the term ...

In a rare training event at Fort McCoy, aircrew with the Marine Corp’s Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., flew a pair of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft ...

Nine minutes is all it took for the MV-22 with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron, or VMM-265, to completely submerge in the ocean after striking the starboard side of the amphibious transport dock ...

A Marine MV-22 Osprey mechanic who was critically injured when lightning struck on the flightline last week has been taken off a ventilator, Military.com has learned. Cpl. Skyler James, a maintainer ...

An MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 lands aboard Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra (L02) during flying operations as part of Rim of the ...