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German A400M Refuels AFSOC CV-22 Osprey for the First Time
The test is aimed at expanding the refueling envelope of the A400M to refuel a wide variety of NATO aircraft, and follows the ...
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U.S. Air Force and Marines Struggle To Train Amid V-22 Issues
Credit: Airman First Class Samantha White/U.S. Air Force For U.S. Air Force pilots tasked with the special operations role of flying the Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey, it is important to spend many hou ...
The National Interest25d
AFSOC’s Skyraider II Is a New Plane with a Proud Name
When one thinks of the badass warbirds of U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command ... There’s also the tiltrotor CV-22 Osprey. But what may sometimes get lost in the shuffle is the fact ...
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Two Boeing V-22 Ospreys seen flying low near Caister-On-Sea
cargo resupply and special operations. The V-22 Osprey has a maximum speed of approximately 275 knots and a combat range of roughly 390 nautical miles without the need to refuel.
Defense News24d
Air Force aircraft readiness plunges to new low, alarming chief
The Air Force provided statistics on how many of each kind of aircraft it had in 2024, as well as the percentage of time each aircraft was ready to carry out its mission. Those st ...
Defense Mirror9d
Bell Boeing to Deliver Five CMV-22B Ospreys to U.S. Navy for $590M
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $590 million contract modification to the Bell Boeing Joint Program Office for the production and ...
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Two Boeing V-22 Ospreys seen flying low near Caister-On-Sea
Development of the aircraft began in the 1980s as a response to the US military's need for an aircraft that could fulfil various roles, including troop transport, cargo resupply and special operations ...