Naval Air Systems Command lifted the grounding order on its V-22 Osprey fleet on March 8, and Air Force Special Operations Command announced it would take a phased approach to get its CV-22 variant of the tiltrotor aircraft flying again after a three-month pause in ...
Air Force Special Operations Command has determined what part failed in the CV-22 Osprey crash that killed eight Airmen in November—but is still determining why that failure occurred. An AFSOC spokesperson declined to identify the material failure to Air & Space Forces Magazine.
In the wake of a CV-22 crash off the coast of Japan last month that killed eight Airmen and other deadly incidents involving the Osprey, the House Oversight Committee has opened an investigation into the tilt-rotor aircraft and is requesting extensive documentation from the Pentagon.
A little more than five months after Air Force Special Operations Command briefly stopped flying its CV-22s over a safety issue, an undisclosed number of Ospreys across the service will be grounded until maintainers can replace components that have exceeded a new flight-hour limit. The ...
Air Force Special Operations Command has known about the issue at the heart of the recent CV-22 Osprey safety stand down for years now, just as the Marine Corps and other stakeholders have. But after two incidents in quick succession—including one that has left an ...
After a little more than two weeks, the Air Force’s CV-22s were cleared to fly again. Air Force Special Operations Command ended its stand down for the Osprey, which began after two instances of “hard clutch engagement” in the course of six weeks. AFSOC had ...
Air Force Special Operations Command grounded its CV-22 Osprey fleet Aug. 16 as part of a safety stand down, with no timeline set for the aircraft to begin flying again, the command confirmed to Air Force Magazine. The stand down, ordered by AFSOC commander Lt. ...