50 Cal machine gun Range: 500 nm Payload: 24 troops Crew: Four (pilot, copilot and two flight engineers) The MV-22 Osprey is the primary assault support aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Gear and clutch problems in the Osprey have killed more than a dozen troops in recent years, leading to groundings of the ...

The MV-22 Osprey, flown by the Marine Corps, has the ability to take off vertically like a helicopter and then convert into airplane mode and fly up to 300 mph like a traditional turboprop plane.

Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey planes rehearsed for their highly anticipated Super Bowl LIX flyover. Authorities soared over the city in a striking formation in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Tuesday ...

Elizabeth A. Okoreeh-Baah, the first female MV-22 Osprey pilot, stands on the flight line after a combat operation March 12, 2008. (U.S. Marine Corps/Jessica Aranda) A 2000 graduate of the Naval ...

The MV-22 for combat assault and assault support for the U.S. Marine Corps, The HV-22 for conducting search and military rescue missions. Resembling an airplane, the V-22 Osprey places its engines ...

Until last November, that is. That’s when Camp Bastion became home to the tiltrotor MV-22 Osprey and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261), the first Osprey squadron deployed to ...

Last year, five Marines died following an MV-22B Osprey aircraft crash, which was described as "an aviation mishap." CNN has also reported that Osprey aircraft crashes have happened at least 12 ...

A US marine officer has been honoured for his heroism in saving the lives of his 18 member Lima company when their MV-22 Osprey, plummeted to the ground after a near-mid-air collision during a ...

Japan requested U.S. Forces Japan ground Osprey transport aircraft, and the JGSDF grounded its own Ospreys amid U.S. Air Force safety concerns. Civil society groups claim that the tiltrotor ...