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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. Military transport tiltrotor "V-22" redirects here. For other uses, see V22 (disambiguation). V-22 Osprey A MV-22 being used during a MAGTF demonstration during the 2014 Miramar Air Show General information Type Tiltrotor military transport aircraft National origin United States ...
In early March 2024 the US and Japan resumed flights of the V-22 with revised maintenance and pilot training focuses but no changes to the aircraft. [85] [86] The V-22 was returned to flight without equipment modifications, but investigators identified the part that failed and its failure mode. However, the accident remains under investigation.
Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, the only crewed tiltrotor in production to date. A tiltrotor is a type of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that convert from vertical to horizontal flight by rotating propellers or ducted fans from horizontal positions like conventional aircraft propellers to vertical like a helicopter's rotors.
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.
The military announced late Wednesday it was grounding all of its Osprey V-22 helicopters, one week after eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members died in a crash off the coast ...
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.
The conceptual design featured a large tandem wing aircraft with V-22 type engines and 50-foot (15 m) rotors at each of the four wing tips. The C-130-size fuselage would have a 747-inch (19.0 m) cargo bay with a rear loading ramp that could carry 110 paratroopers or 150 standard-seating passengers.
While the Osprey has been in design since the 1980s, the Marine Corps’ MV-22 version has only been deployed since 2007, the Air Force CV-22 since 2009 and the Navy’s CMV-22 version since 2021 ...