Service: USAF Armament: 1 x ... copilot and two flight engineers) The CV-22 Osprey is the U.S. Air Force special operations variant of the V-22 tiltrotor transport aircraft.

The V-22 Osprey is a troop transport with a helicopter's versatility and a turboprop's speed. But the V-22 has crashed several times since becoming operational in 2007, killing over 50 people.

Earlier this year, on Jan. 13, Airbus Defence announced that a German A400M refueled a U.S. Navy V-22 Osprey. Both flights ... French Directorate General of Armament (DGA) conducted the first ...

Last Friday, the Marines, Navy and Air Force gave the V-22 Osprey the green light to return to flying status three months after the fatal crash of an Air Force CV-22 in the seas off Japan.

Aug. 28 (UPI) --At the weekend, a V-22 Osprey aircraft crashed on Melville Island north of Darwin in Australia. Of the 23 U.S. Marine Corps personnel onboard, three died, five were taken to Darwin ...

The Gundam 22 crash came only a few months after a Marine Osprey crashed in Australia, killing three on board and leaving others injured. The V-22 Osprey is used by the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and ...

The troubled V-22 Osprey can’t seem to be able to catch a break, as the tiltrotor will have to wait until 2026 before the flight restrictions are lifted and return to its full flight profile.

The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey was a unique aircraft when it first took flight in 1989 before it became the world's first successful military tiltrotor aircraft, merging the ability to take off and ...