Upgrades Take Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Into New Decade

marine tiltrotor aircraft
U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B
Credit: U.S. Navy
The first, and so far only, operational tiltrotor, the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey first flew more than 30 years ago, in March 1989. In service with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force and to be deployed by the U.S. Navy and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the tiltrotor is entering a new phase of...
Graham Warwick

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