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An Air Force Osprey crash off Japan in 2023 that killed eight airmen was caused by a “catastrophic failure ... NBC News obtained a redacted safety investigation report from a 2017 Air Force ...
The Osprey, flown by the Marines, Navy and Air Force, has crashed or been involved in an accident dozens of times, killing more than 60 people since it was rolled out nearly 40 years ago.
The U.S. military will take its first step in getting its V-22 Osprey back in the skies.. The news comes after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin endorsed a plan for a measured return to operations.
An MV-22B Osprey operating in Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve was damaged beyond repair in a hard landing on 28 September 2017. [59] Two people on board the aircraft were injured. [60] [61] [62] The non–salvageable Osprey burned shortly after the crash. [63]
The Pentagon is temporarily pausing flights again of its V-22 Osprey fleet after weakened metals in a part inside one of the aircraft broke apart in flight in November, causing a near crash.
The accident, in which a U.S. Air Force V-22 Osprey crashed into the ocean off Japan, killing eight airmen, was the fourth fatal crash of the unique tiltrotor aircraft in less than two years.
In August 2023, three US Marines were killed in an MV-22 crash — the Marine Corps’ Osprey variant — during an exercise in Australia. In March 2022, four US troops were killed in an MV-22 ...
Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday it knows what failed on its CV-22B Osprey leading to a November crash in Japan that killed eight service members. Because of the crash, hundreds ...