It takes off like a helicopter and flies like a plane, so it's no surprise people aren't sure what to call the CV-22 Osprey. It doesn't fit neatly into a single category, and even those who know ...
The issue occurred inside the gearbox that connects the propeller rotor to one of the aircraft’s two engines, according to reports. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Xavier Lockley] Air Force ...
The decision to resume CV-22 Osprey flight operations at Yokota Air Base, Japan, is based on a meticulous, data-driven approach, complemented by rigorous simulator training sessions for the crews.
So far, this hasn’t been a good year for the CV-22 and MV-22 Osprey aircraft. The same issue that had determined AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations Command) to ground its entire Osprey fleet earlier ...
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, and Boeing celebrate the upcoming completion of the CV-22 Program of Record for the U.S. Air Force. Bell and Boeing commemorated the V-22 Osprey production ...
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) grounded its CV-22 Osprey fleet due to a "hard clutch engagement" issue in the gearbox that poses a safety risk by causing rapid power transfers between ...
Despite the design making them some incredibly nimble machines, tiltrotor aircraft are as rare as hens’ teeth. In fact, there’s only one successful such machine out there, regularly conducting ...
The V-22 Osprey has always been a bit of an oddball among combat aircraft. Its tiltrotor engines left it in a curious corner of aviation design, neither a proper helicopter nor a conventional ...
Bell has finished the first nacelle modifications to a US Air Force CV-22 Osprey, part of a multi-year effort to improve the maintainability of the US military’s V-22 tiltrotors. The company completed ...
“This being the first time we operationally refuelled with a KC-46, we were able to get some good video for training and development,” says USAF Major Anthony Belviso, the CV-22 aircraft commander.
The remains of five service members from the Nov. 29 U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey crash off Japan’s Yakushima Island have been recovered according to an Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) ...
The tiltrotor was stuck in the Norwegian wilderness for six weeks after an emergency landing. A CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, belonging to RAF Mildenhall’s 352nd Special Operations Wing, was ...