V-22s Again Return To Flight After Crash With Root Cause Unknown

U.S. Air Force V-22s refuel over the Sea of Japan on in March 2023.

Credit: Defense Department
For the second time in less than two years, the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey fleet will return to flight after a grounding with a patchwork of mitigations to protect against a problem with no known root cause. Naval Air Systems Command announced March 8 it was issuing a flight clearance for the tiltrotor...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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