Tag: vertical take-off and landing
An other potential candidate to replace the Israeli air force's aged CH-53s by around 2025 include Sikorsky's new CH-53K Flight Global reports that Israel has put a stop to its evaluation of the V-22 tiltrotor. An anonymous source said the Israeli Air Force (IAF) found that the Osprey is unable to replicate some of the tasks currently carried out by the...
Two U.S. service members on board the MV-22B Osprey were injured and required medical attention As reported by The Washington Post, on Sep. 29, 2017 a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashed on a coalition base in Syria. According to U.S. Central Command press release two U.S. service members were injured and after having been evaluated for non-life...
Japan ordered the Osprey back in 2014 and will take delivery of 17 aircraft The first V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor for Japan will be handed over to the nation this September, Marine Col. Dan Robinson, the V-22 Joint Program Manager, disclosed at the Paris airshow. Japan ordered the Osprey back in 2014 and will take delivery of 17 aircraft. According to Military.com he...
