The Aviationist

V-22 Osprey Returns to Flight with New Restrictions After Latest Grounding

The V-22s have been grounded for two weeks following a recent incident, however they are now returning to fly again after the inspection of the Proprotor Gearboxes. The U.S. Air Force and Navy are ...
The Aviationist

Pentagon Pauses Once Again V-22 Osprey Flight Operations

The U.S. Air Force and Navy adhered to the operational pause called by NAVAIR after a precautionary landing in November caused by an engine failure. Flight operations of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor have ...
Yahoo

Air Force Osprey Parts Failure Triggers Another Military-Wide Flight Pause for Troubled Aircraft

The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have all paused Osprey operations following another parts failure, this time with the Air Force's version of the aircraft during a training mission in New Mexico ...
Flightglobal

US Marine Corps plans mechanical improvements to address Osprey safety concerns

Following a tumultuous multi-year period of safety incidents and groundings, the US Marine Corps (USMC) is now developing mechanical improvements for its fleet of Bell-Boeing MV-22 tiltrotors to ...
KOIN 6

Japan has grounded its V-22 Osprey fleet again after flight incident

WASHINGTON (AP) — Japan has grounded its fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft again after an incident last Sunday where one of the hybrid helicopter-aircraft tilted unexpectedly and hit the ground while ...
Wall Street Journal

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane. No, It’s a V-22 Osprey

Having commanded a carrier strike group, I can attest that the importance of tilt-rotor Ospreys in the Indo-Pacific can’t be overstated. The area in which U.S. forces must operate is vast. We need ...
Flightglobal

Presidential support MV-22 Osprey grounded following engine fire

A VIP-transport Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey assigned to the US Marine Corps (USMC) squadron that provides vertical-lift support to the US president has been grounded over unspecified safety concerns in ...