V-22s To Return To Flight, With New Gearbox Limitations

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Credit: U.S. Air Force
The Pentagon will slowly return most of its Bell Boeing V-22 fleet to flight and then to operations with a better understanding of parts failures inside the tiltrotor’s gearbox. Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) in a Dec. 20 statement said it issued a new fleet bulletin directing the inspection of...
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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