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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.
An Air Force Osprey crash off Japan in 2023 that killed eight airmen was caused by a “catastrophic failure” of the aircraft’s gearbox and the pilot’s “insufficient sense of urgency” to ...
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.
In April 2010, a CV-22 crashed near the city of Qalat in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. [3] Three US service members and one civilian were killed and 16 injured in the crash. [24] Initially, it was unclear if the accident was caused by enemy fire.
The crash raised new questions about the safety of the Osprey, which has been involved in multiple fatal accidents over its relatively short time in service. Japan grounded its fleet of 14 Ospreys ...
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.
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 ...
The U.S. military grounded its fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft for months after the fatal crash, which happened during a routine training mission on Nov. 29 off Yakushima Island, about 1,040 km (650 ...