USMC Still Confident In V-22 Amid Grounding

V-22

Credit: U.S. Marine Corps
The U.S. Marine Corps maintains that the 800-hr. replacement plan for a key component of the V-22 tiltrotor’s clutch has reduced the issue of a hard clutch engagement (HCE) on the platform by 99%, as the fleet remains grounded for more than a month and a half. Operators of the Bell Boeing V-22 have...
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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