ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — 19-year-old Evan Strickland, who was from Valencia County, died during a training exercise in California in 2022. Four of his fellow U.S. Marines were also killed in the crash. His ...

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 ...

Anthony Krockel is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel whose most recent assignment was as the commodore of Training Air Wing FIVE responsible for undergraduate flight training for the Navy, Marine ...

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - A revolutionary tilt-rotor aircraft built by a team of Boeing Co and Textron Inc underperformed in Iraq, may fall short in Afghanistan and the Pentagon should review ...

The long-standing fascination with tiltrotor technology lies in its remarkable ability to transition from helicopter to fixed-wing mode. However, that is merely the beginning – and only the most ...

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The V-22 was taking part in a MEDEVAC/CASEVAC scenario as part of exercise Keen Sword. It lost balance and swung from side to side when it attempted to take off from Camp Yonaguni, resulting in the ...

U.S. sailors assigned to the USS Comstock guide a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey during takeoff in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 8, 2025. (Sgt. Trent A. Henry/U.S. Marine Corps) On the heels of 12 major ...

The V-22 will receive a new proprotor gearbox in January 2026, after which the tiltrotor will start returning to its full flight profile. The troubled V-22 Osprey can’t seem to be able to catch a ...